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Ayaan Khanuja
Pyraminx · top 7.5% of 129,321 all-time · competing since November 2024 · 2024KHAN52
Ayaan Khanuja has been competing for a year. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.97, set at Preble Spring 2025, puts him in the top 7.5% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,914th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since November 2024, he has put 165 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 81% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.34 in November 2024 to 13.79, a 32% improvement. Ayaan has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.97 | 8.81 | top 7.5% | 1,914 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 3.11 | 5.33 | top 15.5% | 6,071 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 13.79 | 16.67 | top 20.2% | 10,904 / 59,724 | |
| Skewb | 5.81 | 10.82 | top 24.3% | 3,947 / 18,907 | |
| Clock | 19.28 | 21.21 | top 62.6% | 5,299 / 8,927 | |
| Megaminx | 2:47.39 | — | early days — 2 solves | 5,324 / 7,841 | |
| 4×4 | 1:45.98 | — | early days — 2 solves | 13,527 / 19,072 |
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
- 9 Aug 2025Five personal bests in one day at Cincinnati Open 2025.
- 12 Apr 2025First sub-20 3×3: 14.58 at Preble Spring 2025.
- 12 Apr 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.58 at Preble Spring 2025.
- 12 Apr 2025Four personal bests in one day at Preble Spring 2025.
- 22 Nov 2024First competition: Indiana Championship 2024. A 22.79 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Hancock County Spring 2026 · 26 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Cincinnati Open 2025 · 9 Aug 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Northern Kentucky 2025 · 3 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Preble Spring 2025 · 12 Apr 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Indiana Championship 2024 · 22 Nov 2024 — 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.
- Luke Garrett — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead once
- Braden Richards — met in 31 rounds, never finished ahead
- Srivats Krishna — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.97 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.11 away.
Targets move as he improves.