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Anay Shrikar

3×3 · top 4.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2012 · 2012SHRI01

Anay Shrikar has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.02, set at Pavillion Cube Open 2023, puts him in the top 4.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 499th in India. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 55 competitions since October 2012, he has put 1,857 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 81% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.19 in October 2012 to 9.02, a 64% improvement. Anay has entered 55 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 4.9% of 284,439 all-time
9.02
signature single · Pavillion Cube Open 2023
1,857
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 81% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
3×39.0211.31
top 4.9%499 / 20,018
2×22.213.45
top 6.3%486 / 12,146
3×3 one-handed15.9819.77
top 10.2%326 / 4,516
4×443.4750.15
top 16.4%451 / 4,186
Pyraminx5.499.04
top 16.4%967 / 8,934
3×3 blindfolded1:27.681:51.08
top 22.2%94 / 598
3×3 Multi-Blind8 of 8 cubes · 52:36—
top 23.8%27 / 168
Clock10.4212.51
top 27.2%231 / 1,092
Skewb6.6210.59
top 30.6%853 / 3,524
Megaminx1:58.032:12.44
top 44.6%500 / 1,443
3×3 Fewest Moves42 moves45.33
top 55.5%279 / 600
4×4 blindfolded19:11.00—
early days — 2 solves62 / 69

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

DJ SpeedCubing Open 2012: 25.19Techfest Cube Mania 2013: 20.65Speed Cubing Mumbai Unlimited 2013: 20.28DJ Open 2013: 15.97Bombay Open 2013: 15.62SCMU 2016: 13.98Praxis Open 2016: 11.87Rubik's Cube Mumbai Open 2016: 13.76SCMU ICT Open 2017: 12.79Indian Nationals 2017: 12.04Cerulean 2017: 12.80SCMU 2017: 13.54Rubik's Cube Mumbai Open 2017: 12.64RGIT Cube Open 2018: 13.58Pune Cube Open 2018: 13.26IISER Pune Cube Open 2019: 12.22Phoenix Marketcity Cube Challenge 2019: 12.23Quark Cubix Challenge 2020: 11.25Cubing Returns Pune 2022: 12.20Phoenix Cube Challenge 2022: 9.63mcubes Open 2022: 11.38IISER Pune Cube Open 2022: 11.33Mumbai Winter Open 2022: 10.52DSK Cube Open 2023: 11.91Korum Cube Challenge 2023: 10.49Saraswati Open 2023: 10.53IISER Pune Summer Open 2023: 11.31Pavillion Cube Open 2023: 9.02Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023: 10.97Pune Cube Fiesta 2023: 10.15Ankuram Open Saturday 2023: 11.17Pune Unscrambled 2023: 9.91Indian Nationals 2023: 11.70IISER Pune Winter Open 2024: 10.86Big N Blind Bangalore Jan 2024: 11.65Korum Cube Challenge 2024: 9.71Telangana Cube Championship 2024: 10.01Pune Unscrambled 2024: 11.08Rubik's WCA Asian Championship 2024: 11.81Mumbai Cube Challenge 2025: 11.37Saraswati College Cube Open 2025: 10.70IISER Pune Summer Open 2025: 12.60Only 3x3's in Bangalore 2025: 9.36Pune Summer Open 2025: 10.29Pune Cube Carnival 2025: 11.00Pune Unscrambled 2025: 11.31South India Cube Championship 2025: 10.67Pune Twistathon 2025: 9.69IISER Pune PARAM Open 2026: 11.12Ileseum Cube Open 2026: 10.61Mumbai Twistathon 2026: 9.989.0225.1913 Oct 201227 Jun 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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.02 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.21 away.

Targets move as he improves.