People · India
Anant Kumar Rao
2×2 · top 29.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2023 · 2023RAOA08
Anant Kumar Rao has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 4.26, set at Mumbai Cubing Sprint 2024, puts him in the top 29.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,616th in India. Across 8 competitions since September 2023, he has put 143 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 18% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.56 in September 2023 to 18.77, a 37% improvement. Anant has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | India | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 4.26 | 6.68 | top 29.8% | 2,616 / 12,146 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.47 | 12.57 | top 31.8% | 2,011 / 8,934 | |
| 3×3 | 18.77 | 22.33 | top 36.4% | 5,065 / 20,018 | |
| Skewb | 10.79 | 13.86 | top 59.7% | 1,737 / 3,524 | |
| Clock | 21.28 | 24.67 | top 68.3% | 617 / 1,092 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 4:30.85 | — | early days — 2 solves | 389 / 598 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 50.19 | — | top 76.9% | 3,155 / 4,516 | |
| Megaminx | 3:38.72 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,085 / 1,443 | |
| 4×4 | 2:23.19 | — | early days — 3 solves | 3,424 / 4,186 |
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 Jan 2024First sub-20 3×3: 18.77 at DJ Sanghvi Cube Open 2024.
- 30 Sep 2023First competition: Growel's 101 Cube Open 2023. A 29.56 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Mumbai Cubing Heat Wave 2025 · 24 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Mumbai Cube Challenge 2025 · 15 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Mumbai Cubing Sprint 2024 · 17 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Mumbai Twistathon 2024 · 25 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Korum Cube Challenge 2024 · 3 May 2024
- Oculus Cube Open 2024 · 23 Mar 2024
- DJ Sanghvi Cube Open 2024 · 28 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Growel's 101 Cube Open 2023 · 30 Sep 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.
- Shubham Maharana — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead once
- Advay Kapil Suvarna — met in 34 rounds, never finished ahead
- Imaad Sohel Ajani — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.26 away.
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 1.47 away.
Targets move as he improves.