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Akshay Keswani
3×3 · top 9.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2015 · 2015KESW01
Akshay Keswani has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.52, set at Carte Blanche Kube Open 2019, puts him in the top 9.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,013th in India. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since January 2015, he has put 430 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 61% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.55 in January 2015 to 10.52, a 60% improvement. Akshay has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | India | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.52 | 13.10 | top 9.0% | 1,013 / 20,018 | |
| 4×4 | 45.52 | 50.38 | top 19.0% | 521 / 4,186 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.99 | 23.47 | top 20.4% | 729 / 4,516 | |
| 5×5 | 1:24.97 | 1:38.40 | top 23.2% | 266 / 1,525 | |
| 2×2 | 4.07 | 6.17 | top 27.4% | 2,376 / 12,146 | |
| 6×6 | 3:30.24 | 3:45.48 | top 54.8% | 259 / 531 | |
| 7×7 | 5:48.56 | 6:23.12 | top 64.8% | 221 / 360 |
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
- 2 Mar 2019Three personal bests in one day at Carte Blanche Kube Open 2019.
- 1 Sep 2017Four personal bests in one day at SCMU 2017.
- 23 Jul 2016Three personal bests in one day at National Cubing Region Open 2016.
- 6 Mar 2016First sub-15 3×3: 14.23 at Resonance V8.0 Cube Open 2016.
- 6 Mar 2016Four personal bests in one day at Resonance V8.0 Cube Open 2016.
- 9 Jan 2016Three personal bests in one day at Cubers East India Open 2016.
Competitions
- Cubing Returns to Kolkata 2026 · 17 May 2026
- City of Joy Open 2019 · 9 Nov 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- IISER Pune Cube Open 2019 · 17 Mar 2019
- Carte Blanche Kube Open 2019 · 2 Mar 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Indian Nationals 2018 · 25 May 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- City of Joy Open 2018 · 29 Apr 2018 — 1 personal best set
- RGIT Cube Open 2018 · 10 Mar 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- SCMU 2017 · 1 Sep 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Cerulean 2017 · 20 Aug 2017 — 1 personal best set
- SRM Cube Open 2017 · 26 Mar 2017
- CEIC Masterda Open 2016 · 6 Aug 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- National Cubing Region Open 2016 · 23 Jul 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Resonance V8.0 Cube Open 2016 · 6 Mar 2016 — 4 personal bests set
- Cubers East India Open 2016 · 9 Jan 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Pune Fall Open V2.0 2015 · 21 Jun 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Speed Cubing Mumbai Unlimited 2015 · 16 Jan 2015
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.
- Mohammed Aiman Koli — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Sayan Bhattacharyya — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Satwik Sen — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.52 away.
- A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 5.52 away.
Targets move as he improves.