People · India
Anirudh Pulavarthy
3×3 · top 10.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2014 · 2014PULA01
Anirudh Pulavarthy has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.83, set at Hyderabad Cube Open 2019, puts him in the top 10.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,130th in India. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since October 2014, he has put 511 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 51% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.19 in October 2014 to 10.83, a 53% improvement. Anirudh has entered 16 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 | India | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.83 | 14.08 | top 10.0% | 1,130 / 20,018 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.19 | 8.39 | top 14.4% | 829 / 8,934 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.63 | 25.86 | top 16.8% | 573 / 4,516 | |
| 2×2 | 3.64 | 4.72 | top 21.9% | 1,899 / 12,146 | |
| 4×4 | 51.39 | 57.95 | top 26.4% | 783 / 4,186 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:53.66 | — | top 31.2% | 139 / 598 | |
| Skewb | 7.45 | 14.75 | top 37.1% | 1,047 / 3,524 | |
| Megaminx | 1:48.59 | 2:01.74 | top 39.6% | 434 / 1,443 | |
| 5×5 | 2:54.01 | — | top 76.0% | 1,035 / 1,525 |
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
- 18 Jun 2022Three personal bests in one day at DSL Cube Open 2022.
- 19 Oct 2019Three personal bests in one day at Cubing ATMOSphere 2019.
- 26 Jan 2019Three personal bests in one day at Geethanjali Cube Open 2019.
- 23 Dec 2018Three personal bests in one day at KK Charity Cube Open 2018.
- 8 Jul 2018Three personal bests in one day at Varsha Ritu Cube Open 2018.
- 31 Mar 2018First sub-15 3×3: 13.39 at Hyderabad Cube Open 2018.
Competitions
- Happy Valley Spring PA 2026 · 19 Apr 2026
- Oberlin Big Cubes 2025 · 15 Nov 2025
- DSL Cube Open 2022 · 18 Jun 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Hyderabad Summer Open 2022 · 15 May 2022
- Cubing ATMOSphere 2019 · 19 Oct 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Hyderabad Cube Open 2019 · 28 Sep 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Samyak Cube Open 2019 · 27 Sep 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Deccan Cube Open July 2019 · 14 Jul 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Geethanjali Cube Open 2019 · 26 Jan 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- KK Charity Cube Open 2018 · 23 Dec 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Varsha Ritu Cube Open 2018 · 8 Jul 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Indian Nationals 2018 · 25 May 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Hyderabad Cube Open 2018 · 31 Mar 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Ignus Open 2016 · 28 Feb 2016 — 4 personal bests set
- Ignus Open 2015 · 22 Feb 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- DJ Open 2014 · 18 Oct 2014
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.
- Gaurav Bachani — met in 78 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- Velidi Venkata Jagan Mohana Murali Krishna — met in 67 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Abhishek Sathyanarayanan — met in 64 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.83 away.
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.19 away.
Targets move as he improves.