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Ananthan Rajiv

3×3 one-handed · top 5.4% of 73,695 all-time · competing since August 2017 · 2017RAJI01

Ananthan Rajiv has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 13.58, set at Esplanade Cube Open 2026, puts him in the top 5.4% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 166th in India. Until January 2010, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 27 competitions since August 2017, he has put 868 official solves on the record across 16 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 83% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.20 in August 2017 to 10.24, a 62% improvement. Ananthan has entered 27 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 one-handed
best event — top 5.4% of 73,695 all-time
13.58
signature single · Esplanade Cube Open 2026
868
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 83% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
3×3 one-handed13.5816.59
top 5.4%166 / 4,516
Skewb3.215.07
top 6.1%149 / 3,524
3×310.2412.22
top 8.2%921 / 20,018
Pyraminx4.146.92
top 8.4%482 / 8,934
3×3 blindfolded54.80—
top 11.4%42 / 598
4×447.6154.66
top 21.6%629 / 4,186
Megaminx1:21.521:27.96
top 22.8%222 / 1,443
Clock10.6114.76
top 28.1%244 / 1,092
2×24.135.48
top 28.1%2,454 / 12,146
5×51:35.941:43.85
top 32.2%396 / 1,525
4×4 blindfolded7:30.02—
early days — 2 solves20 / 69
Square-126.3233.76
top 42.1%295 / 805
5×5 blindfolded16:51.00—
early days — 1 solve11 / 31
6×63:23.133:29.99
top 51.9%239 / 531
7×75:08.555:34.62
top 53.3%179 / 360
3×3 Fewest Moves42 moves—
early days — 1 solve279 / 600

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

ICC Juniors August 2017: 27.20VIT Rubik's Cube Challenge 2017: 18.85Grand Cube Open 2017: 15.79Shaastra Cube Open 2018: 14.32Speedcubing ESYA 2018: 16.49Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 2018: 15.66MathSoc Open 2019: 15.60Indian Nationals 2019: 15.61Speedcubing Delhi ESYA 2025: 13.74BITS Pilani Cube Open 2025: 12.62Delhi Autumn Showdown 2025: 13.30Surge SNU Cube Open 2025: 13.59Sphinx Cube Open Jaipur 2025: 10.24BITS Pilani CubeStorm 2025: 12.47Delhi Cube Challenge 2025: 11.74Noida Winter Cube Open 2025: 13.00Don't Pause in Delhi 2026: 13.24Agra Cube Open 2026: 10.59Delhi Cube Open 2026: 11.63Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 2026: 11.62Gurugram Cube Open 2026: 12.64Esplanade Cube Open 2026: 12.01Noida Summer Cube Open 2026: 12.37Delhi Summer Showdown 2026: 11.9610.2427.2012 Aug 201719 Jul 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-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 1.58 away.
  • A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.21 away.

Targets move as he improves.