People · India
Ameya Barun
Skewb · top 3.0% of 73,281 all-time · competing since February 2024 · 2024BARU01
Ameya Barun has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 2.52, set at Surge SNU Cube Open 2025, puts him in the top 3.0% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 60th in India. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since February 2024, he has put 397 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 60% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.87 in February 2024 to 8.90, a 47% improvement. Ameya has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | India | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 2.52 | 5.86 | top 3.0% | 60 / 3,524 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.96 | 5.27 | top 3.5% | 203 / 8,934 | |
| 3×3 | 8.90 | 10.73 | top 4.6% | 463 / 20,018 | |
| 2×2 | 2.25 | 3.33 | top 6.6% | 511 / 12,146 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.43 | 19.26 | top 13.7% | 465 / 4,516 | |
| Clock | 9.54 | 11.09 | top 22.8% | 189 / 1,092 | |
| 4×4 | 50.34 | 52.57 | top 25.1% | 740 / 4,186 | |
| Megaminx | 1:45.22 | 1:48.61 | top 37.7% | 408 / 1,443 | |
| 5×5 | 3:25.07 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,183 / 1,525 |
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
- 28 Mar 2026Four personal bests in one day at Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 2026.
- 25 Oct 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.46 at Surge SNU Cube Open 2025.
- 25 Oct 2025Three personal bests in one day at Surge SNU Cube Open 2025.
- 26 Jul 2025Three personal bests in one day at D21 Delhi Summer Cube Open B 2025.
- 22 Mar 2025Three personal bests in one day at Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 2025.
- 23 Feb 2025Four personal bests in one day at D21 Delhi Cube Open D 2025.
Competitions
- Gurugram Cube Open 2026 · 19 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 2026 · 28 Mar 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Surge SNU Cube Open 2025 · 25 Oct 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Delhi Autumn Showdown 2025 · 12 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- D21 Delhi Summer Cube Open B 2025 · 26 Jul 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Noida Cube Open 2025 · 24 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 2025 · 22 Mar 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Delhi Cube Open 2025 · 8 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- D21 Delhi Cube Open D 2025 · 23 Feb 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- D21 Delhi Cube Open C 2024 · 15 Dec 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Delhi Cube Challenge 2024 · 9 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Gurugram Autumn Cube Open 2024 · 28 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Mahavira Delhi Cube Open Sunday 2024 · 21 Jul 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Gurugram Monsoon Cube Open 2024 · 29 Jun 2024
- Mathsoc Delhi Open 2024 · 3 Feb 2024
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.
- Aniket Ahuja — met in 61 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Saiyam Jain — met in 60 rounds, finished ahead 40 times
- Aryan Seth — met in 59 rounds, finished ahead 34 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.52 away.
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.96 away.
Targets move as he improves.