People · United States
Anshuman Nair
2×2 · top 5.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2025 · 2025NAIR07
Anshuman Nair has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.16, set at Land of Lincoln 2025, 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 3 competitions since May 2025, he has put 46 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.88 in May 2025 to 17.89, a 22% improvement. Anshuman has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.16 | 5.70 | top 5.9% | 2,357 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.90 | 16.99 | top 27.1% | 7,416 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 | 17.89 | 24.02 | top 33.8% | 18,783 / 59,724 |
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 Jul 2026First sub-20 3×3: 17.89 at Cardinal Country KY Cubing 2026.
- 17 May 2025First competition: St. Louis Spring 2025. A 22.88 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cardinal Country KY Cubing 2026 · 11 Jul 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Land of Lincoln 2025 · 21 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- St. Louis Spring 2025 · 17 May 2025
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.
- Tommy Stady — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Yousuf Rind — met in 7 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Emery McFeeter — met in 7 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.16 away.
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 0.90 away.
Targets move as he improves.