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Bhargav Narasimhan

3×3 one-handed · top 0.36% of 73,695 all-time · competing since August 2011 · 2011NARA02

Bhargav Narasimhan has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 8.62, set at Rhein-Neckar Winter 2024, puts him in the top 0.36% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 10th in India. Until May 2015, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 109 competitions since August 2011, he has put 6,795 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 60% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.91 in August 2011 to 6.50, a 64% improvement. Bhargav has entered 109 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 one-handed
best event — top 0.36% of 73,695 all-time
8.62
signature single · Rhein-Neckar Winter 2024
6,795
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 60% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
3×3 one-handed8.6210.20
top 0.36%10 / 4,516
3×36.507.91
top 0.85%77 / 20,018
2×21.322.81
top 1.4%97 / 12,146
4×427.8437.98
top 1.7%43 / 4,186
3×3 blindfolded28.5731.67
top 3.8%11 / 598
Megaminx47.2754.47
top 3.9%28 / 1,443
Pyraminx3.095.29
top 3.9%226 / 8,934
Skewb2.895.26
top 4.5%96 / 3,524
3×3 Fewest Moves26 moves27.33
top 6.2%20 / 600
5×51:07.091:14.73
top 9.7%110 / 1,525
Clock6.967.84
top 10.8%84 / 1,092
3×3 Multi-Blind10 of 10 cubes · 57:55—
top 18.3%19 / 168
Square-116.0019.27
top 18.7%120 / 805
6×62:18.232:35.90
top 19.6%88 / 531
7×73:39.473:56.02
top 23.3%72 / 360
4×4 blindfolded6:01.13—
top 29.1%12 / 69
5×5 blindfolded17:40.00—
early days — 2 solves12 / 31

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

Bangalore Rubik's Cube Challenge 2011: 17.914th Shaastra Cube Open 2011: 14.90Amrita Cube Championship 2012: 11.70Pragyan Cube Open 2012: 13.67Chennai Mathematical Institute Open 2012: 13.25DJ SpeedCubing Open 2012: 13.86Shaastra Cube Open 2013: 12.58Speed Cubing Mumbai Unlimited 2013: 10.37Amrita Cube Open 2013: 11.28Pragyan Cube Open 2013: 10.04CMI Fiesta Open 2013: 11.96Indian Cube Challenge 2013: 11.12VIT Rubik's Challenge 2013: 11.33Cubing ATMOSphere 2013: 9.06Tathva Cube Open 2013: 10.66Bombay Open 2013: 10.11Shaastra Cube Open 2014: 10.38Carte Blanche Kube Open 2014: 10.37Pragyan Cube Open 2014: 8.77CMI Fiesta Open 2014: 9.98Excellite Cube Open 2014: 8.62P3 Grand Open 2014: 9.96Indian Nationals 2014: 8.43Aaruush Cube Open 2014: 9.46VIT Rubiks Cube Challenge 2014: 9.97Tathva Cube Open 2014: 8.80Shaastra Cube Open 2015: 9.87PB Smashathon 2015: 9.31Indian Open Rubik's Cube 2015: 9.83Indian Nationals 2015: 8.53Akash Open 2015: 8.80World Rubik's Cube Championship 2015: 8.36Brain Studio Cube Open 2015: 8.02REC Cube Challenge 2015: 8.78Cubing ATMOSphere 2015: 8.84Avenues CUBELELO Open 2015: 8.07Malaysian Cube Open 2015: 7.35Shaastra Cube Open 2016: 8.67Indian Nationals 2016: 8.02SSN Cube Open 2016: 9.06VIT Rubik's Cube Challenge 2016: 7.72Tathva Cube Open 2016: 8.42Shaastra Cube Open 2017: 8.14Carte Blanche Kube Open 2017: 7.86Anokha Cubing Royale 2017: 6.92SRM Cube Open 2017: 8.63Ban Parity Open 2017: 8.04IIA Summer Open April 2017: 9.48Indian Nationals 2017: 8.59IIA Summer Open - May 2017: 8.61World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017: 8.89SCMU 2017: 7.60Durgesha Open 1.0 2017: 7.88Drishti Cube Open 2018: 6.93Cube Challenge Quark 2018: 8.31Cult A Way Cube Open 2018: 7.15Indian Nationals 2018: 6.97Phoenix Cube Championship 2018: 7.69SSN Cube Open 2018: 8.41WCA Asian Championship 2018: 7.27KJSCE Mumbai Open 2018: 7.75Oculus Cube Open 2019: 8.59Pragyan Cube Open 2019: 8.16Indian Nationals 2019: 7.32Raipur Summer Cube Open 2019: 7.29Deccan Cube Open July 2019: 8.83Phoenix Marketcity Cube Challenge 2019: 8.13Hyderabad Cube Open 2019: 7.06Cubing ATMOSphere 2019: 7.89Amrita Cube Open 2020: 8.08Synocubix 2020: 6.50Saraswati Open 2020: 7.03Welcome Thrissur 2021: 7.49Cubing Returns Raipur 2022: 7.13Hyderabad Summer Open 2022: 7.09Phoenix Cube Challenge 2022: 7.74Hariology Vibes 2022: 6.61Rubik's WCA Asian Championship 2022: 7.65Korum Cube Challenge 2023: 7.43Chennai Cubing Club Meetup 2023: 8.17CMI Tessellate Cube Open 2023: 7.91Saraswati Open 2023: 7.71Synocubix 2023: 7.87IISER Pune Summer Open 2023: 7.62Pavillion Cube Open 2023: 7.23Studio 21 Open Saturday 2023: 6.79Surat Cubing Sprint 2023: 7.03Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023: 7.12Pune Cube Fiesta 2023: 7.13Back to Berlin 2024: 6.76Rhein-Neckar Winter 2024: 7.64Aachen Open 2025: 6.80SSN Cube Open 2025: 7.99Rheinland-Pfalz Open 2025: 6.91Calvià Open 2025: 7.40DC Hyderabad Winter Open 2025: 7.29German Open 2026: 7.696.5017.9120 Aug 201118 Apr 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.

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 one-handed single — 151 people have one; it is 0.62 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.50 away.

Targets move as he improves.