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Gaurav Kher

3×3 · top 0.37% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2020 · 2020KHER01

Gaurav Kher has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 5.80, set at Pune Unscrambled 2025, puts him in the top 0.37% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 28th in India. Until June 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 23 competitions since February 2020, he has put 1,115 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 85% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.78 in February 2020 to 5.80, a 58% improvement. Gaurav has entered 23 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.37% of 284,439 all-time
5.80
signature single · Pune Unscrambled 2025
1,115
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 85% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
3×35.807.44
top 0.37%28 / 20,018
3×3 one-handed11.2612.68
top 2.1%61 / 4,516
2×21.572.70
top 2.5%184 / 12,146
Pyraminx3.875.32
top 7.0%400 / 8,934
4×439.2644.34
top 11.3%306 / 4,186
Skewb4.546.89
top 14.8%401 / 3,524
Megaminx1:12.031:25.78
top 16.9%158 / 1,443
Square-116.2325.82
top 19.2%123 / 805
Clock10.6312.70
top 28.2%245 / 1,092
5×51:34.451:42.93
top 31.0%375 / 1,525
3×3 blindfolded2:43.02—
top 47.5%225 / 598
6×64:00.544:11.14
top 65.6%326 / 531

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

MathSoc Delhi Open 2020: 13.78Cubing Returns Delhi 2022: 9.20Mathsoc Delhi Open 2023: 9.07Studio 21 Open Saturday 2023: 7.61Speedcubing ESYA 2023: 7.89Gurugram Cube Open 2023: 8.29Gurugram Monsoon Cube Open 2024: 8.97Mahavira Delhi Cube Open Saturday 2024: 7.41Gurugram Autumn Cube Open 2024: 9.40Delhi Cube Challenge 2024: 7.51D21 Delhi Cube Open C 2024: 8.89Delhi Cube Open 2025: 7.62Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 2025: 8.10Noida Cube Open 2025: 6.88Pune Unscrambled 2025: 5.80Speedcubing Delhi ESYA 2025: 5.90Mumbai Cubing Sprint 2025: 7.51Korum Winter Cube Challenge 2025: 7.50Delhi Cube Challenge 2025: 6.93Noida Winter Cube Open 2025: 6.22Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 2026: 7.70Esplanade Cube Open 2026: 7.26Mumbai Monsoon Cube Fiesta 2026: 6.815.8013.7815 Feb 20209 Aug 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.

  • Shrey Relan — met in 143 rounds, finished ahead 61 times
  • Aniket Ahuja — met in 114 rounds, finished ahead 50 times
  • Saiyam Jain — met in 101 rounds, finished ahead 88 times

Next targets

  • A sub-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.80 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 one-handed single — 779 people have one; it is 1.26 away.

Targets move as he improves.