People · United States
Anand Palshikar
2×2 · top 11.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2023 · 2023PALS02
Anand Palshikar has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.72, set at Northampton Fall B 2023, puts him in the top 11.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,396th in the United States. Across 12 competitions since May 2023, he has put 157 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 90% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 4.31 in May 2023 to 2.72, a 37% improvement. Anand has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.72 | 4.90 | top 11.1% | 4,396 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 21.45 | 23.41 | top 44.0% | 25,270 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 1:08.76 | 1:29.46 | top 45.6% | 7,591 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:09.57 | — | early days — 3 solves | 13,532 / 15,683 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 13 May 2023First competition: Clash at Carlisle Spring 2023. A 24.24 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Kisco Cubing 2025 · 4 Jan 2025
- New Rochelle at Nite 2 2024 · 12 Jun 2024
- Wall Street Spring B 2024 · 19 May 2024
- North Jersey Speedsolving A 2024 · 11 May 2024
- Edgemont Cubing 2024 · 13 Apr 2024
- Ridgefield Spring 2024 · 6 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Empire State Winter 2024 · 3 Feb 2024
- Troy Story 2024 · 21 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Northampton Fall B 2023 · 5 Nov 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2023 · 27 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2023 · 17 Jun 2023
- Clash at Carlisle Spring 2023 · 13 May 2023
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.
- Nico Ozsvath — met in 22 rounds, never finished ahead
- Rex Ozsvath — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead once
- Zach Ridall — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.72 away.
- A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 1.45 away.
Targets move as he improves.