People · United States
Anay Kaulgud
2×2 · top 6.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since July 2021 · 2021KAUL01
Anay Kaulgud has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.26, set at Fall River Cubikon 2024, puts him in the top 6.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,653rd in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 18 competitions since July 2021, he has put 228 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 76% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.65 in July 2021 to 11.42, a 31% improvement. Anay has entered 18 competitions, more competitions than 96% 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 | 2.26 | 3.93 | top 6.7% | 2,653 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 11.42 | 13.50 | top 11.9% | 6,383 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.76 | 11.73 | top 51.1% | 14,855 / 28,708 |
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
- 23 Jul 2022First sub-15 3×3: 13.69 at Granite State 2022.
- 31 Jul 2021First competition: Empire State Summer A 2021. A 16.65 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- WPI Spring 2026 · 2 May 2026
- The Battle of Concord MA 2026 · 8 Feb 2026
- The Battle of Lexington Semiquincentennial 2025 · 26 Apr 2025
- Fall River Cubikon 2025 · 2 Feb 2025
- Saint John's Showdown 2024 · 27 Apr 2024
- The Battle of Concord 2024 · 2 Mar 2024
- Naticube 2024 · 17 Feb 2024
- Fall River Cubikon 2024 · 4 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- The Battle of Lexington 2024 · 27 Jan 2024
- Saint John's Scramble 2023 · 1 Apr 2023
- Garden City Winter 2023 · 5 Feb 2023
- Pioneer Valley Cubing A 2023 · 21 Jan 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Puzzling in Providence 2023 · 7 Jan 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Amherst Open 2022 · 10 Sep 2022
- Cubing in Beverly 2022 · 27 Aug 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Granite State 2022 · 23 Jul 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2022 · 27 May 2022
- Empire State Summer A 2021 · 31 Jul 2021
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.
- Derek White — met in 39 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jacob Carubia — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
- Ethan Zhuang — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.26 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.42 away.
Targets move as he improves.