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Atharv Kaushik

2×2 · top 1.7% of 189,179 all-time · competing since April 2023 · 2023KAUS03

Atharv Kaushik has been competing for 4 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 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 131st in India. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since April 2023, he has put 456 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 71% of the 36,406 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 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 1.7% of 189,179 all-time
1.40
signature single · Noida Summer Cube Open 2026
456
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 71% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
2×21.402.25
top 1.7%131 / 12,225
3×37.629.73
top 2.2%200 / 20,146
3×3 one-handed13.9817.89
top 6.1%188 / 4,534
Pyraminx4.957.45
top 12.9%755 / 8,971
Clock9.0711.26
top 20.2%176 / 1,109
4×453.291:02.87
top 28.8%883 / 4,220
Skewb7.1510.52
top 34.9%999 / 3,548
Megaminx1:45.342:06.06
top 37.9%416 / 1,458
5×51:48.521:52.61
top 41.7%533 / 1,537
3×3 Fewest Moves43 moves—
early days — 1 solve304 / 612
Square-11:23.30—
early days — 2 solves713 / 813
3×3 blindfolded8:55.84—
early days — 1 solve584 / 605

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

DC Open April Sunday 2023: 27.65Hyderabad Cube Open 2023: 21.50Gurugram Spring Open 2024: 14.33Kota Cube Festival 2024: 10.99Mahavira Delhi Cube Open Saturday 2024: 12.92Gurugram Autumn Cube Open 2024: 10.32D21 Delhi Cube Open A 2024: 12.00Odd Day In Delhi 2024: 11.71D21 Delhi Cube Open C 2025: 9.13Noida Cube Open 2025: 9.10Esplanade Cube Open 2026: 10.41Noida Summer Cube Open 2026: 7.62Galgotias Cube Open 2026: 10.84Indian Elite Championship 2026: 10.987.6227.6523 Apr 20232 Oct 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. 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.

  • Saiyam Jain — met in 71 rounds, finished ahead 41 times
  • Shrey Relan — met in 70 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
  • Aniket Ahuja — met in 55 rounds, finished ahead 9 times

Next targets

  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.40 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.62 away.

Targets move as he improves.