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Ashwin Nair
3×3 · top 4.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2023 · 2023NAIR01
Ashwin Nair has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.04, set at Franconia Spring 2025, puts him in the top 4.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 510th in India. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since February 2023, he has put 125 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.05 in February 2023 to 9.04, a 10% improvement. Ashwin 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 | India | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.04 | 11.18 | top 4.9% | 510 / 20,018 | |
| 2×2 | 3.00 | 5.45 | top 14.2% | 1,171 / 12,146 | |
| 5×5 | 1:21.62 | 1:29.20 | top 20.4% | 225 / 1,525 | |
| 4×4 | 46.81 | 52.60 | top 20.5% | 588 / 4,186 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.06 | 30.42 | top 28.9% | 1,046 / 4,516 | |
| 6×6 | 3:08.85 | 3:16.49 | early days — 3 solves | 198 / 531 | |
| 7×7 | 4:43.00 | 4:54.54 | early days — 3 solves | 143 / 360 |
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
- 14 Feb 2025Three personal bests in one day at Franconia Spring 2025.
- 8 Jul 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.41 at Cubing Returns Munich A 2023.
- 4 Feb 2023First competition: Franconia Mini Open A 2023. A 11.52 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Franconia Spring 2025 · 14 Feb 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubing Returns Munich A 2023 · 8 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Franconia Mini Open A 2023 · 4 Feb 2023 — 2 personal bests set
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.
- Leon Schmidtchen — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead once
- Martin Heilig — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead 21 times
- Annalena Walser — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.04 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 1.00 away.
Targets move as he improves.