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Anish Premnath

2×2 · top 5.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since February 2023 · 2023PREM01

Anish Premnath has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.16, set at Apex Algs Again 2026, puts him in the top 5.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,357th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 20 competitions since February 2023, he has put 673 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 86% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.16 in February 2023 to 12.14, a 55% improvement. Anish has entered 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 5.9% of 186,767 all-time
2.16
signature single · Apex Algs Again 2026
673
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 86% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×22.164.67
top 5.9%2,357 / 40,951
Skewb3.255.33
top 6.3%978 / 18,907
Pyraminx4.576.08
top 10.6%2,781 / 28,708
Clock7.8111.28
top 14.3%1,089 / 8,927
3×312.1414.38
top 14.4%7,684 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed22.7630.10
top 28.1%3,627 / 15,683
4×459.051:05.30
top 35.5%5,708 / 19,072
5×51:55.152:10.67
top 46.1%3,812 / 9,401
Megaminx2:04.282:32.26
top 48.2%3,571 / 7,841
Square-138.7853.41
top 63.8%4,205 / 6,743
6×65:17.12—
top 84.6%3,433 / 4,196
7×78:10.29—
top 89.4%2,880 / 3,184

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

Wolfpack Winter 2023: 27.16CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2023: 18.49CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 20.16Music City Speedsolving Fall 2023: 15.18North Carolina Championship 2023: 14.18Rocky Top 2023: 14.94Volunteer State Cubing 2024: 15.07CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2024: 15.82Appalachian Highlands TN 2024: 12.62Charlotte Winter 2025: 13.35GA Cuber Jackets Spring 2025: 13.11North Carolina Championship 2025: 14.62CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2025: 15.38Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 12.44Concord Summer 2025: 13.05NCSU Wolfpack 2025: 13.76Wrightsville Beach Bash 2026: 12.83Solving in Savannah 2026: 12.82Apex Algs Again 2026: 12.14Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026: 15.6112.1427.165 Feb 20232 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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.16 away.
  • A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.25 away.

Targets move as he improves.