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Alaik Bhatia

3×3 · top 0.75% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2014 · 2014BHAT09

Alaik Bhatia has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.38, set at Saraswati Open 2020, puts him in the top 0.75% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 68th in India. Until May 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 50 competitions since August 2014, he has put 2,987 official solves on the record across 16 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 57% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.09 in August 2014 to 6.38, a 60% improvement. Alaik has entered 50 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.75% of 284,439 all-time
6.38
signature single · Saraswati Open 2020
2,987
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 57% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
3×36.388.26
top 0.75%68 / 20,018
Square-17.5610.56
top 2.4%10 / 805
4×429.6434.56
top 2.6%64 / 4,186
2×21.773.20
top 3.4%261 / 12,146
Pyraminx3.436.30
top 5.2%297 / 8,934
3×3 Fewest Moves26 moves31.00
top 6.2%20 / 600
Skewb3.416.02
top 7.2%178 / 3,524
5×51:03.451:06.57
top 7.5%86 / 1,525
3×3 blindfolded42.55—
top 7.5%21 / 598
3×3 one-handed16.5320.03
top 11.4%373 / 4,516
Megaminx1:23.281:40.65
top 23.9%237 / 1,443
6×62:27.102:35.71
top 24.1%100 / 531
7×73:55.684:10.68
top 29.1%90 / 360
4×4 blindfolded6:09.42—
early days — 2 solves14 / 69
Clock11.8413.20
top 34.2%287 / 1,092
3×3 Multi-Blind5 of 5 cubes · 17:41—
top 35.2%48 / 168

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

National TPoly Rubik's Cube Open 2014: 16.09DJ Open 2014: 12.90Genius Kid India Open 2014: 13.22Mumbai Open 2014: 10.91Speed Cubing Mumbai Unlimited 2015: 12.44National Cubing Region Open 2015: 10.82SCMU Juhu Open 2015: 8.54SCMU KJSCE Open 2015: 10.46SP Open Mini 2015: 9.83Avenues CUBELELO Open 2015: 9.48Rubik's Cube Mumbai Open 2015: 9.27SCMU Open 2016: 8.53Indian Nationals 2016: 8.89SCMU 2016: 9.81KJSCE Mumbai Open 2016: 8.91Praxis Open 2016: 8.53Maharashtra Championship 2016: 8.87Rubik's Cube Mumbai Open 2016: 8.75Indian Nationals 2017: 8.62Mumbai Monsoon Open 2017: 7.77SCMU 2017: 8.23Avenues Rubik's Cube Open 2017: 7.62Rubik's Cube Mumbai Open 2017: 7.78Udaan Rubik's Cube Open 2018: 7.64Polyhedra Open 2018: 8.30RGIT Cube Open 2018: 7.91Versatile Cube Open 2018: 7.81Indian Nationals 2018: 8.07Phoenix Cube Championship 2018: 7.80KJSCE Mumbai Open 2018: 7.48VJTI Mumbai Cube Open 2018: 7.18Oculus Cube Open 2019: 6.87Saraswati Open 2019: 7.91RGIT Cube Open 2019: 7.95IISER Pune Cube Open 2019: 7.03VES Cube Open 2019: 8.06Phoenix Marketcity Cube Challenge 2019: 8.43Dream City Cube Open 2019: 8.09DY Patil Cube Open 2020: 8.19Oculus Cube Open 2020: 6.73Saraswati Open 2020: 6.38DJSCE Cube Open 2025: 8.74Saraswati College Cube Open 2025: 7.98Mumbai Twistathon 2025: 9.68Mumbai Cubing Sprint 2025: 8.476.3816.0924 Aug 201411 Oct 2025

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 0.38 away.
  • A sub-6 Square-1 single — 201 people have one; it is 1.56 away.

Targets move as he improves.