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Burhanuddin Kanchwala

3×3 · top 3.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2024 · 2024KANC02

Burhanuddin Kanchwala has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.50, set at Only 3x3s in Hyderabad 2025, puts him in the top 3.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 370th in India. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since March 2024, he has put 103 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 73% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.38 in March 2024 to 8.50, a 67% improvement. Burhanuddin has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.7% of 284,439 all-time
8.50
signature single · Only 3x3s in Hyderabad 2025
103
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 73% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
3×38.5014.09
top 3.7%370 / 20,018
2×23.345.50
top 18.3%1,534 / 12,146
Pyraminx8.8911.55
top 43.9%2,857 / 8,934
4×41:21.56
early days — 1 solve1,968 / 4,186
5×52:59.84
early days — 2 solves1,069 / 1,525

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

Nalsar Cube Open 2024: 25.38Telangana Cube Championship 2024: 11.62DC Open Hyderabad 2024: 13.34DC Open Feb Hyderabad Saturday 2025: 13.02Only 3x3s in Hyderabad 2025: 8.50South India Cube Championship 2025: 12.58Twist 'n Turn Hyd Open 2025: 11.918.5025.382 Mar 202426 Sep 2025

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 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.50 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.34 away.

Targets move as he improves.