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Akin Basu
2×2 · top 8.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2023 · 2023BASU01
Akin Basu has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.49, set at SSN Cube Sunday 2023, puts him in the top 8.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 716th in India. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since May 2023, he has put 196 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.79 in May 2023 to 11.52, a 22% improvement. Akin has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | India | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.49 | 5.91 | top 8.8% | 716 / 12,146 | |
| 3×3 | 11.52 | 14.15 | top 12.2% | 1,431 / 20,018 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.10 | 20.19 | top 15.3% | 529 / 4,516 | |
| Square-1 | 14.84 | 18.37 | top 16.1% | 104 / 805 | |
| 4×4 | 43.89 | 46.53 | top 16.9% | 467 / 4,186 | |
| 5×5 | 1:33.98 | 1:53.61 | top 30.7% | 362 / 1,525 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.84 | 11.37 | top 34.9% | 2,202 / 8,934 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 42 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 279 / 600 |
Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.
The line so far
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 5 Nov 2023Five personal bests in one day at NIT Trichy Cube Open 2023.
- 27 May 2023First competition: Northern Lights Coimbatore Cube Open 2023. A 14.79 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Play Extreme Cubing B 2025 · 3 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Salem Summer Open 2024 · 11 May 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- VIT Cube Open 2024 · 21 Apr 2024
- CMI Tessellate Cube Open 2024 · 26 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- NIT Trichy Cube Open 2023 · 5 Nov 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- SSN Cube Sunday 2023 · 24 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- C3 Independence Day Open 2023 · 15 Aug 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Northern Lights Coimbatore Cube Open 2023 · 27 May 2023
Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.
The circuit
The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.
- Arun Kannan — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead 24 times
- Mohamed Arif — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 24 times
- Sai Mrudhun (சாய் மிருதுன்) — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.49 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.52 away.
Targets move as he improves.