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Anshul Badami Rao

Pyraminx · top 1.0% of 129,321 all-time · competing since May 2023 · 2023RAOA04

Anshul Badami Rao has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 1.92, set at Karnataka Cube Championship 2024, puts him in the top 1.0% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 47th in India. Until April 2012, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 29 competitions since May 2023, he has put 1,342 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 82% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His Skewb best has come down from 8.01 in January 2024 to 2.98, a 63% improvement. Anshul has entered 29 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 1.0% of 129,321 all-time
1.92
signature single · Karnataka Cube Championship 2024
1,342
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 82% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
Pyraminx1.923.96
top 1.0%47 / 8,934
2×21.512.99
top 2.2%162 / 12,146
3×37.7911.83
top 2.4%232 / 20,018
Skewb2.984.59
top 4.9%114 / 3,524
Clock7.148.56
top 11.5%92 / 1,092
3×3 one-handed17.6821.19
top 14.3%491 / 4,516
3×3 Fewest Moves34 moves45.67
top 26.7%107 / 600
Square-119.6525.61
top 27.2%176 / 805
Megaminx1:32.901:46.04
top 30.0%312 / 1,443
4×41:06.251:19.61
top 43.1%1,411 / 4,186
5×52:17.992:46.38
top 60.0%785 / 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

Side Events Bangalore Jan 2024: 8.01Side Events Bangalore April 2024: 5.10Side Events Bangalore May 2024: 7.05Side Events Bangalore June 2024: 6.27Bangalore Cube Fest B 2024: 3.15Side Events Bangalore July 2024: 5.31MySkool Cube Open BLR Aug 2024: 5.21Karnataka Cube Championship 2024: 3.95Bangalore Cube Open 2024: 3.54Side Events Bangalore Jan 2025: 4.16Republic Cube Open BLR 2025: 4.43Bangalore Cube Open 2025: 3.66Side Events Jus Trufs Bangalore 2025: 3.01Big N Sides at Bangalore 2025: 3.03VR Bengaluru Cube Open B 2025: 4.25Cubing at Spencer Plaza 2026: 2.98Karnataka Cube Open April 2026: 3.90Bengaluru Cube Fest B 2026: 4.32Indian Cube Challenge BLR 2026: 4.182.988.016 Jan 202427 Jun 2026

Best single per competition, Skewb. 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-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.92 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.51 away.

Targets move as he improves.