People · India
Akula Pavan Kumar
2×2 · top 5.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since February 2011 · 2011KUMA01
Akula Pavan Kumar has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.14, set at DC Open Hyderabad 2024, puts him in the top 5.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 442nd in India. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 133 competitions since February 2011, he has put 5,394 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 87% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 40.68 in February 2011 to 9.69, a 76% improvement. Akula has entered 133 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.
2×2
best event — top 5.7% of 186,767 all-time
2.14
signature single · DC Open Hyderabad 2024
5,394
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 87% of the field
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | India | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.14 | 4.34 | top 5.7% | 442 / 12,146 | |
| 3×3 | 9.69 | 12.32 | top 6.6% | 709 / 20,018 | |
| 4×4 | 37.66 | 44.70 | top 9.4% | 255 / 4,186 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.41 | 21.58 | top 11.2% | 362 / 4,516 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.71 | 7.64 | top 11.5% | 658 / 8,934 | |
| Megaminx | 1:12.13 | 1:20.21 | top 16.9% | 160 / 1,443 | |
| 5×5 | 1:23.56 | 1:36.54 | top 22.0% | 247 / 1,525 | |
| Skewb | 6.33 | 12.71 | top 28.4% | 793 / 3,524 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 35 moves | 37.33 | top 30.0% | 124 / 600 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:52.92 | 2:09.61 | top 30.9% | 138 / 598 | |
| 6×6 | 2:57.45 | 3:06.19 | top 39.8% | 166 / 531 | |
| 7×7 | 4:52.47 | 5:09.81 | top 48.5% | 154 / 360 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 2 of 2 cubes · 11:13 | — | top 64.2% | 94 / 168 | |
| 4×4 blindfolded | 23:12.00 | — | early days — 2 solves | 66 / 69 |
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
- 26 Sep 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.69 at Twist 'n Turn Hyd Open 2025.
- 23 Aug 2024Four personal bests in one day at Telangana Cube Championship 2024.
- 11 Nov 2017Three personal bests in one day at Raipur Cube Challenge 2.0 2017.
- 10 Oct 2015Four personal bests in one day at Cubing ATMOSphere 2015.
- 15 Nov 2014Three personal bests in one day at Brain Studio Cube Open 2014.
- 25 Jul 2014Eight personal bests in one day at Indian Nationals 2014.
Competitions
- Twist 'n Turn Hyd Open 2026 · 29 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Only 3x3s in Hyderabad May 2026 · 2 May 2026
- Big Cube Open Hyderabad April 2026 · 18 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Karnataka Cube Open April 2026 · 5 Apr 2026
- DC Hyderabad Open March D 2026 · 8 Mar 2026
- SRMAP Cube Clash Feb 2026 · 27 Feb 2026
- Survive FMC in Hyderabad 2026 · 31 Jan 2026
- DC Hyderabad Winter Open 2025 · 20 Dec 2025
- M5 Open B Bengaluru 2025 · 9 Nov 2025
- Twist 'n Turn Hyd Open 2025 · 26 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Mysore Cube Open 2025 · 6 Sep 2025
- Ashoka One Mall Sat Open 2025 · 28 Jun 2025
- AMR Planet Cube Open 2025 · 24 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- M5 Summer Open B Bengaluru 2025 · 11 May 2025
- Bangalore Cube Open 2025 · 18 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Survive FMC in Hyderabad 2025 · 12 Apr 2025
- Nalsar Cube Open C 2025 · 6 Apr 2025
- Delhi Cube Open 2025 · 8 Mar 2025
- Nepali Nationals 2025 · 27 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- D21 Delhi Cube Open C 2025 · 23 Feb 2025
- DC Open Feb Hyderabad Sunday 2025 · 2 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Republic Cube Open BLR 2025 · 25 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- DC Hyderabad Open December 2024 · 28 Dec 2024
- Bangalore Cube Open 2024 · 21 Dec 2024
- Delhi Cube Challenge 2024 · 9 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- DC Open Hyderabad 2024 · 20 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Telangana Cube Championship 2024 · 23 Aug 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- DC Open July Hyderabad Sunday 2024 · 14 Jul 2024
- CubeX Summer Open Bangalore 2024 · 18 May 2024
- Rawindra Bhaarathi Cube Open 2024 · 11 May 2024
- Vasavi Cube Open 2024 · 7 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Nalsar Cube Open 2024 · 2 Mar 2024
- DC Winter Open 2024 · 27 Jan 2024
- Bangalore Championship 2023 · 23 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing ATMOSphere 2023 · 4 Nov 2023
- Ankuram Open Sunday 2023 · 15 Oct 2023
- SpeedCubing Delhi Open 2023 · 2 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Hyderabad Cube Open 2023 · 11 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Bangalore Cube Open July 2023 · 29 Jul 2023
- Studio 21 Open Sunday 2023 · 23 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Nexus Summer Open Bangalore Sunday 2023 · 28 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- DC Open April Sunday 2023 · 23 Apr 2023
- Cubing Saturday in SSN 2022 · 17 Dec 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing ATMOSphere 2022 · 26 Nov 2022
- Kashmir Cube Open 2022 · 5 Nov 2022
- Varsha Ritu Cube Open 2022 · 24 Sep 2022
- Delhi Big Cube Open 2022 · 17 Sep 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing Returns Delhi 2022 · 23 Jul 2022
- Hariology Vibes 2022 · 2 Jul 2022
- Nexus Monsoon Open 2022 · 25 Jun 2022
- DSL Cube Open 2022 · 18 Jun 2022
- Hyderabad Summer Open 2022 · 15 May 2022
- Cubing Returns Bengaluru 2022 · 16 Apr 2022
- City of Lakes Nepal 2020 · 29 Feb 2020
- BhanuBhakta Cube Open 2020 · 21 Feb 2020
- Jharkhand Cube Open 2020 · 19 Jan 2020
- 5th Guwahati Open 2019 · 28 Dec 2019
- Cube Jatra 2019 · 16 Nov 2019
- Cubing ATMOSphere 2019 · 19 Oct 2019
- Hyderabad Cube Open 2019 · 28 Sep 2019
- Samyak Cube Open 2019 · 27 Sep 2019
- Independence Cube Open 2019 · 11 Aug 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Forum Monsoon Open 2019 · 20 Jul 2019
- Deccan Cube Open July 2019 · 14 Jul 2019
- Raipur Summer Cube Open 2019 · 12 May 2019
- Indian Nationals 2019 · 11 Apr 2019
- Cubing For LLS Summer 2019 · 24 Mar 2019
- Anaadyanta Cube Open 2019 · 8 Mar 2019
- Geethanjali Cube Open 2019 · 26 Jan 2019
- Shaastra Cube Open 2019 · 5 Jan 2019 — 1 personal best set
- KK Charity Cube Open 2018 · 23 Dec 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing ATMOSphere 2018 · 27 Oct 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Raipur Cube Championship 2018 · 14 Oct 2018
- Geethanjali Monsoon Open 2018 · 25 Aug 2018
- Varsha Ritu Cube Open 2018 · 8 Jul 2018
- Primus Cube Open - May 2018 · 5 May 2018
- Raipur Summer Cube Open 2018 · 7 Apr 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Hyderabad Cube Open 2018 · 31 Mar 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Anokha Cubing Royale 2018 · 24 Feb 2018
- Aboard the Pyraminx Train 2018 · 10 Feb 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Geethanjali Cube Open 2018 · 21 Jan 2018
- Raipur Cube Challenge 2.0 2017 · 11 Nov 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubing ATMOSphere 2017 · 28 Oct 2017
- Indian Cube Challenge 2017 · 20 Oct 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Deccan Cube Open - Sep 2017 · 17 Sep 2017
- Deccan Cube Open - August 2017 · 13 Aug 2017
- SSN Cube Open 2017 · 28 Jul 2017
- Cubing Kerala Alappey Open 2017 · 8 Jul 2017 — 1 personal best set
- IIA Summer Open - May 2017 · 27 May 2017
- IIA Summer Open April 2017 · 22 Apr 2017
- Ban Parity Open 2017 · 8 Apr 2017
- P3 Grand Open - March 2017 · 26 Mar 2017
- Anaadyanta Cube Open 2017 · 11 Mar 2017
- P3 Grand Open - Feb 2017 · 26 Feb 2017
- Cube-E-Mania Open 2017 · 12 Feb 2017
- Malabar Open 2017 · 14 Jan 2017 — 1 personal best set
- P3 Grand Open - Jan 2017 · 8 Jan 2017
- Shaastra Cube Open 2017 · 31 Dec 2016 — 1 personal best set
- P3 Grand Open 2016 · 3 Dec 2016
- Montfort Championship 2016 · 26 Nov 2016
- Amalthea SCMU Open 2016 · 23 Oct 2016
- Cubing ATMOSphere 2016 · 15 Oct 2016
- SSN Cube Open 2016 · 5 Aug 2016
- IIA Summer Open 2016 · 29 May 2016 — 1 personal best set
- 2nd Guwahati Open 2016 · 21 May 2016
- Dubai Open 2016 · 13 May 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Indian Nationals 2016 · 25 Mar 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Resonance V8.0 Cube Open 2016 · 6 Mar 2016
- Shaastra Cube Open 2016 · 23 Jan 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Horizon Cube Open 2016 · 16 Jan 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Brain Studio Winter Open 2015 · 25 Dec 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- SCMU-Pune Fall Open V3.0 2015 · 13 Dec 2015 — 1 personal best set
- APJ BLD Open 2015 · 31 Oct 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing ATMOSphere 2015 · 10 Oct 2015 — 4 personal bests set
- Brain Studio Cube Open 2014 · 15 Nov 2014 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubing ATMOSphere 2014 · 11 Oct 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- Indian Nationals 2014 · 25 Jul 2014 — 8 personal bests set
- P3 Grand Open 2014 · 28 Jun 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- Telesis ICC Blindfold Open 2014 · 29 Mar 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- SpringSpree RubiMania 2014 · 22 Feb 2014
- Telesis Open 2014 · 1 Jan 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Prasadz ICC Juniors 2013 · 16 Nov 2013
- Cubing ATMOSphere 2013 · 12 Oct 2013 — 3 personal bests set
- VIT Rubik's Challenge 2013 · 28 Sep 2013 — 4 personal bests set
- Indian Cube Challenge 2013 · 19 Jul 2013 — 4 personal bests set
- Pragyan Cube Open 2013 · 2 Mar 2013 — 2 personal bests set
- Speed Cubing Mumbai Unlimited 2013 · 18 Jan 2013 — 4 personal bests set
- Rubik's Cube Mumbai Open 2013 · 7 Jan 2013 — 5 personal bests set
- Techfest Cube Mania 2013 · 3 Jan 2013 — 4 personal bests set
- Chennai Mathematical Institute Open 2012 · 6 Oct 2012 — 5 personal bests set
- Mumbai Open 2012 · 3 Feb 2012 — 6 personal bests set
- Speedcubing Mumbai Unlimited 2011 · 9 Jul 2011 — 5 personal bests set
- Mumbai Open Rubik's Cube 2011 · 5 Feb 2011 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Velidi Venkata Jagan Mohana Murali Krishna — met in 497 rounds, finished ahead 122 times · head to head
- Vivek Prasad Mada — met in 433 rounds, finished ahead 220 times · head to head
- Akula Sai Kumar — met in 427 rounds, finished ahead 298 times · head to head
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.14 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.69 away.
Targets move as he improves.