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Akula Sai Kumar

3×3 one-handed · top 8.3% of 73,695 all-time · competing since February 2012 · 2012KUMA02

Akula Sai Kumar has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 15.09, set at AMR Planet Cube Open 2025, puts him in the top 8.3% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 271st in India. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 81 competitions since February 2012, he has put 2,386 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 64% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.84 in February 2012 to 11.19, a 62% improvement. Akula has entered 81 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 one-handed
best event — top 8.3% of 73,695 all-time
15.09
signature single · AMR Planet Cube Open 2025
2,386
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 64% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
3×3 one-handed15.0919.57
top 8.3%271 / 4,516
Megaminx58.531:06.54
top 9.2%73 / 1,443
3×311.1912.91
top 11.1%1,282 / 20,018
2×22.835.58
top 12.3%1,024 / 12,146
4×442.2450.42
top 14.8%397 / 4,186
Pyraminx5.768.89
top 18.2%1,086 / 8,934
5×51:22.521:32.12
top 21.2%233 / 1,525
3×3 Fewest Moves34 moves41.00
top 26.7%107 / 600
6×62:47.153:07.84
top 34.6%140 / 531
7×74:42.204:55.08
top 45.2%142 / 360
Clock16.5821.30
top 54.0%468 / 1,092
3×3 blindfolded3:36.95—
top 62.8%319 / 598
3×3 Multi-Blind1 of 2 cubes · 6:15—
early days — 2 solves153 / 168
Skewb30.3442.56
top 97.2%3,273 / 3,524

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

Mumbai Open 2012: 29.84Techfest Cube Mania 2013: 29.20Rubik's Cube Mumbai Open 2013: 22.03Indian Cube Challenge 2013: 21.73Cubing ATMOSphere 2013: 15.77Prasadz ICC Juniors 2013: 18.06SpringSpree RubiMania 2014: 17.39P3 Grand Open 2014: 16.47Aaruush Cube Open 2014: 14.79VIT Rubiks Cube Challenge 2014: 15.17Brain Studio Winter Open 2015: 13.56Cubing ATMOSphere 2016: 17.08P3 Grand Open 2016: 15.32P3 Grand Open - Jan 2017: 14.71P3 Grand Open - Feb 2017: 15.10Anaadyanta Cube Open 2017: 15.43P3 Grand Open - March 2017: 12.14IIA Summer Open April 2017: 15.36Cubing ATMOSphere 2017: 16.45Geethanjali Cube Open 2018: 16.79Hyderabad Cube Open 2018: 15.04Geethanjali Monsoon Open 2018: 12.41Cubing ATMOSphere 2018: 14.58Geethanjali Cube Open 2019: 13.22Cubing For LLS Summer 2019: 15.27Hyderabad Cube Open 2019: 13.50Cubing ATMOSphere 2019: 15.25Hyderabad Summer Open 2022: 11.79DSL Cube Open 2022: 13.44Varsha Ritu Cube Open 2022: 12.81Kashmir Cube Open 2022: 12.38Cubing ATMOSphere 2022: 14.18DC Open April Saturday 2023: 14.61Hyderabad Cube Open 2023: 13.61Ankuram Open Saturday 2023: 13.99Nalsar Cube Open 2024: 14.08Vasavi Cube Open 2024: 13.66Korum Cube Challenge 2024: 13.71CubeX Summer Open Bangalore 2024: 13.87DC Open July Hyderabad Saturday 2024: 14.20mcubes Alleppey Open 2024: 12.09Telangana Cube Championship 2024: 12.19DC Open Hyderabad 2024: 13.89Cubing ATMOSphere 2024: 13.70Karnataka Cube Championship 2024: 13.30Bangalore Cube Open 2024: 13.90Republic Cube Open BLR 2025: 13.52DC Open Feb Hyderabad Sunday 2025: 11.44D21 Delhi Cube Open D 2025: 13.10Nepali Nationals 2025: 12.02Delhi Cube Open 2025: 13.27Nalsar Cube Open C 2025: 11.19Bangalore Cube Open 2025: 11.69AMR Planet Cube Open 2025: 12.26Only 3x3's in Academyium Bangalore 2025: 13.05Ashoka One Mall Sat Open 2025: 12.56Mysore Cube Open 2025: 13.62Twist 'n Turn Hyd Open 2025: 13.33Bangalore Mini Oct A 2025: 12.17Cubing ATMOSphere 2025: 13.85DC Hyderabad Winter Open 2025: 12.44SRMAP Cube Clash Feb 2026: 12.05DC Hyderabad Open March D 2026: 13.07Karnataka Cube Open April 2026: 12.23Only 3x3s in Hyderabad May 2026: 13.83Twist 'n Turn Hyd Open 2026: 12.8911.1929.843 Feb 201229 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-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 0.09 away.
  • A sub-50 Megaminx single — 1,776 people have one; it is 8.53 away.

Targets move as he improves.