People · United States
Anish R. Iyer
3×3 · top 4.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2023 · 2023IYER04
Anish R. Iyer has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.73, set at Round Rock Splash & Solve 2026, puts him in the top 4.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,366th in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since April 2023, he has put 514 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 69% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.92 in April 2023 to 8.73, a 41% improvement. Anish has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.73 | 12.28 | top 4.2% | 2,366 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.03 | 3.83 | top 4.9% | 1,986 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.92 | 25.41 | top 12.4% | 1,610 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 56.71 | 1:03.71 | top 32.7% | 5,222 / 19,072 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.63 | 12.22 | top 33.1% | 9,306 / 28,708 | |
| Skewb | 7.05 | 10.97 | top 34.0% | 5,738 / 18,907 |
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
- 11 Jun 2026Four personal bests in one day at GAN Southern Championship 2026.
- 4 Oct 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.92 at DFW Cubing Fall 2025.
- 4 Oct 2025Three personal bests in one day at DFW Cubing Fall 2025.
- 26 Aug 2023Three personal bests in one day at Pretzel Mania Dallas 2023.
- 22 Jun 2023Four personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Southern Championship 2023.
- 1 Apr 2023First competition: Cube Against Cancer Texas 2023. A 14.92 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- DFW Cubing Summer 2026 · 29 Aug 2026
- GAN Southern Championship 2026 · 11 Jun 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Round Rock Splash & Solve 2026 · 4 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- DFW Cubing Fall 2025 · 4 Oct 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 · 3 Jul 2025
- Cubing Simple in Temple 2025 · 16 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- The Heart of Texas 2025 · 26 Jan 2025
- Austin Cubing Limits Winter 2025 · 11 Jan 2025
- DFW Cubing Summer 2024 · 8 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- DFW Megacomp 2024 · 16 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Cube Against Cancer Texas 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Pretzel Mania Dallas 2023 · 26 Aug 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Southern Championship 2023 · 22 Jun 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- DFW Cubing Spring 2023 · 7 May 2023
- Cube Against Cancer Texas 2023 · 1 Apr 2023
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.
- Ryan Pilat — met in 95 rounds, never finished ahead
- John Wanger II — met in 87 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Michael Conard — met in 70 rounds, finished ahead 44 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.73 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.03 away.
Targets move as he improves.