People · India
Atharv Kaushik
2×2 · top 1.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2023 · 2023KAUS03
Atharv Kaushik has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.40, set at Noida Summer Cube Open 2026, puts him in the top 1.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 128th in India. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since April 2023, he has put 378 official solves on the record across twelve 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 3×3 best has come down from 27.65 in April 2023 to 7.62, a 72% improvement. Atharv has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | India | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.40 | 2.34 | top 1.7% | 128 / 12,146 | |
| 3×3 | 7.62 | 9.73 | top 2.2% | 199 / 20,018 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 13.98 | 17.89 | top 6.1% | 186 / 4,516 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.95 | 7.45 | top 12.9% | 750 / 8,934 | |
| Clock | 9.07 | 11.26 | top 20.3% | 174 / 1,092 | |
| 4×4 | 57.86 | 1:02.87 | top 34.1% | 1,061 / 4,186 | |
| Skewb | 7.15 | 13.55 | top 34.8% | 983 / 3,524 | |
| Megaminx | 1:45.34 | 2:06.06 | top 37.7% | 410 / 1,443 | |
| 5×5 | 1:50.25 | 1:59.57 | top 42.7% | 547 / 1,525 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 43 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 298 / 600 | |
| Square-1 | 1:23.30 | — | early days — 2 solves | 706 / 805 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 8:55.84 | — | early days — 1 solve | 577 / 598 |
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
- 20 Jun 2026Four personal bests in one day at Noida Summer Cube Open 2026.
- 23 May 2026Four personal bests in one day at Esplanade Cube Open 2026.
- 24 May 2025Eight personal bests in one day at Noida Cube Open 2025.
- 23 Feb 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.13 at D21 Delhi Cube Open C 2025.
- 28 Sep 2024Four personal bests in one day at Gurugram Autumn Cube Open 2024.
- 23 Jun 2024Four personal bests in one day at Kota Cube Festival 2024.
Competitions
- Noida Summer Cube Open 2026 · 20 Jun 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Esplanade Cube Open 2026 · 23 May 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Delhi Cube Challenge 2025 · 29 Nov 2025
- Noida Cube Open 2025 · 24 May 2025 — 8 personal bests set
- D21 Delhi Cube Open C 2025 · 23 Feb 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Odd Day In Delhi 2024 · 29 Dec 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- D21 Delhi Cube Open A 2024 · 14 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Gurugram Autumn Cube Open 2024 · 28 Sep 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Mahavira Delhi Cube Open Saturday 2024 · 20 Jul 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Kota Cube Festival 2024 · 23 Jun 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Gurugram Spring Open 2024 · 30 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Hyderabad Cube Open 2023 · 11 Aug 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- DC Open April Sunday 2023 · 23 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.
- Saiyam Jain — met in 63 rounds, finished ahead 36 times
- Aniket Ahuja — met in 55 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Shrey Relan — met in 53 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.40 away.
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.62 away.
Targets move as he improves.