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Athul Gokuldas
2×2 · top 1.9% of 189,179 all-time · competing since November 2017 · 2017GOKU02
Athul Gokuldas has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.44, set at Ticino Winter Open 2023, puts him in the top 1.9% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 143rd in India. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 19 competitions since November 2017, he has put 543 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 86% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 2×2 best has come down from 5.13 in November 2017 to 1.44, a 72% improvement. Athul has entered 19 competitions, more competitions than 96% 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 | 1.44 | 2.58 | top 1.9% | 143 / 12,225 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.20 | 6.64 | top 4.3% | 243 / 8,971 | |
| 3×3 | 8.81 | 11.89 | top 4.5% | 449 / 20,146 | |
| Skewb | 3.17 | 4.83 | top 5.9% | 147 / 3,548 | |
| 4×4 | 46.46 | 50.55 | top 20.2% | 587 / 4,220 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.32 | 26.66 | top 21.4% | 762 / 4,534 | |
| Square-1 | 37.42 | 49.59 | top 62.0% | 449 / 813 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 11 Nov 2023First sub-10 3×3: 8.81 at Swiss Science Open 2023.
- 11 Nov 2023Three personal bests in one day at Swiss Science Open 2023.
- 2 Mar 2019Three personal bests in one day at Carte Blanche Kube Open 2019.
- 27 Oct 2018First sub-15 3×3: 13.59 at CMI Autumn Open 2018.
- 27 Oct 2018Three personal bests in one day at CMI Autumn Open 2018.
- 3 Feb 2018First sub-20 3×3: 19.23 at CMI Tessellate Cube Open 2018.
Competitions
- Villanueva Open 2026 · 12 Sep 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Luzern Sunset Solves 2026 · 19 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Margarita Burón Open 2025 · 22 Mar 2025
- Ticino Winter Open 2023 · 16 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Swiss Science Open 2023 · 11 Nov 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Swisscubing Cup II 2023 · 18 Mar 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- CMI Tessellate Cube Open 2020 · 31 Jan 2020
- Chennai Cube Open 2019 · 25 Aug 2019
- Carte Blanche Kube Open 2019 · 2 Mar 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- CMI Tessellate Cube Open 2019 · 1 Feb 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Shaastra Cube Open 2019 · 5 Jan 2019
- CMI Autumn Open 2018 · 27 Oct 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Gravitas Cube Open 2018 · 13 Oct 2018 — 1 personal best set
- IIITDM Cube Open 2018 · 18 Aug 2018
- SRM Cube Open 2018 · 23 Mar 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Takshashila Cube Open 2018 · 3 Mar 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- CMI Tessellate Cube Open 2018 · 3 Feb 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Shaastra Cube Open 2018 · 6 Jan 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Grand Cube Open 2017 · 26 Nov 2017
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.
- Vishal Mohanraju — met in 61 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
- Pranav Prabhu — met in 58 rounds, finished ahead 33 times
- Emmanuel Rajapandian — met in 58 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.44 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,783 people have one; it is 0.20 away.
Targets move as he improves.