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Akshaansh Chilakapati

2×2 · top 0.29% of 186,767 all-time · competing since December 2016 · 2016CHIL02

Akshaansh Chilakapati has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.85, set at Twist 'n Turn Hyd Open 2026, puts him in the top 0.29% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 14th in India. Until November 2011, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 50 competitions since December 2016, he has put 2,677 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 70% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.26 in December 2016 to 6.32, a 73% improvement. Akshaansh has entered 50 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.29% of 186,767 all-time
0.85
signature single · Twist 'n Turn Hyd Open 2026
2,677
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 70% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
2×20.852.55
top 0.29%14 / 12,146
3×36.328.00
top 0.7%61 / 20,018
4×425.2129.99
top 0.75%18 / 4,186
3×3 one-handed10.1113.44
top 1.1%32 / 4,516
5×549.8956.37
top 1.7%20 / 1,525
Megaminx41.3048.95
top 1.9%16 / 1,443
6×61:33.411:40.22
top 2.5%12 / 531
7×72:26.922:32.96
top 3.3%11 / 360
Pyraminx3.034.29
top 3.7%218 / 8,934
3×3 Fewest Moves24 moves32.33
top 4.0%7 / 600
Skewb2.874.87
top 4.4%93 / 3,524
3×3 blindfolded50.201:05.93
top 10.0%32 / 598
Clock8.319.19
top 16.7%145 / 1,092
Square-115.4019.50
top 17.3%110 / 805
3×3 Multi-Blind6 of 6 cubes · 53:17—
top 33.8%45 / 168
4×4 blindfolded10:29.00—
early days — 3 solves34 / 69
5×5 blindfolded28:38.00—
early days — 1 solve21 / 31

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

P3 Grand Open 2016: 23.26P3 Grand Open - Jan 2017: 21.72P3 Grand Open - Feb 2017: 17.20Deccan Cube Open - August 2017: 11.56Cubing ATMOSphere 2017: 11.86Geethanjali Cube Open 2018: 11.74Hyderabad Cube Open 2018: 9.84SNU Open 2018: 9.07Indian Nationals 2018: 9.53Varsha Ritu Cube Open 2018: 10.03Geethanjali Monsoon Open 2018: 8.96Geethanjali Cube Open 2019: 9.15Cubing For LLS Summer 2019: 10.00mcubes Open 2019: 8.86Deccan Cube Open July 2019: 8.90Raipur Cube Carnival 2019: 7.55CMI Tessellate Cube Open 2020: 8.15Hyderabad Summer Open 2022: 8.52Phoenix Cube Challenge 2022: 8.78Delhi Big Cube Open 2022: 7.79Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 2023: 8.61DC Open April Sunday 2023: 7.13DeKalb Cubing Fall 2023: 7.07Peoria Fall 2023: 7.72UIUC Fall 2023: 7.91Bloomington Open 2024: 7.92UIUC Big Cubes Spring 2024: 9.24Racing Kane 2025: 8.77IlliNxNois Spring 2025: 8.28UIUC Side Events Spring 2025: 7.76Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 7.60Cubing ATMOSphere 2025: 8.08RVITM CubeVerse 2025: 7.26DC Hyderabad Winter Open 2025: 6.84Pravega IISc BLR Cube Open 2026: 8.27Karnataka Cube Open April 2026: 7.64Bengaluru Cube Fest C 2026: 8.27Only 3x3s in Hyderabad May 2026: 6.32Twist 'n Turn Hyd Open 2026: 6.706.3223.263 Dec 201629 Aug 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.32 away.
  • A sub-25 4×4 single — 588 people have one; it is 0.21 away.

Targets move as he improves.