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Akshaj Kesapragada

3×3 · top 3.3% of 288,433 all-time · competing since April 2022 · 2022KESA02

Akshaj Kesapragada has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.26, set at Indian Cube Challenge BLR 2026, puts him in the top 3.3% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 315th in India. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since April 2022, he has put 413 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 53% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 38.74 in April 2022 to 8.26, a 79% improvement. Akshaj has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.3% of 288,433 all-time
8.26
signature single · Indian Cube Challenge BLR 2026
413
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 53% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
3×38.2610.91
top 3.3%315 / 20,146
2×22.904.63
top 13.2%1,095 / 12,225
4×444.0447.44
top 17.2%487 / 4,220
Clock9.8913.14
top 24.4%205 / 1,109
Pyraminx6.599.22
top 24.6%1,515 / 8,971
3×3 one-handed24.9930.46
top 34.3%1,249 / 4,534
Skewb10.6212.67
top 58.7%1,717 / 3,548
5×52:19.592:32.90
top 60.9%803 / 1,537

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

Cubing Returns Bengaluru 2022: 38.74Nexus Summer Open Bangalore Saturday 2023: 23.80CubeX Summer Open Bangalore 2024: 14.93Karnataka Cube Championship 2024: 19.21Bangalore Cube Open 2024: 15.54M5 Summer Open A Bengaluru 2025: 12.52CubeX Summer Open Bangalore 2025: 17.53Galleria Bangalore Cube Open A 2025: 12.88Mysore Cube Open 2025: 11.72Bangalore Mini Oct B 2025: 13.48VR Bengaluru Cube Open A 2025: 10.94RVITM CubeVerse 2025: 11.69Pravega IISc BLR Cube Open 2026: 14.09Indian Cube Challenge BLR 2026: 8.26Weekend Cubing Hunt at Coimbatore 2026: 10.67Cubing at Sri Eshwar Coimbatore 2026: 11.29Oakridge Independence Cube Open 2026: 10.428.2638.7416 Apr 202215 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-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.26 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.90 away.

Targets move as he improves.