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Gaurav Kumar
Pyraminx · top 2.0% of 129,321 all-time · competing since April 2018 · 2018KUMA13
Gaurav Kumar has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.42, set at Cubing Returns Raipur 2024, puts him in the top 2.0% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 105th in India. Until January 2011, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since April 2018, he has put 618 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 65% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 9 DNFs. His Pyraminx best has come down from 6.20 in October 2018 to 2.42, a 61% improvement. Gaurav has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | India | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 2.42 | 3.73 | top 2.0% | 105 / 8,934 | |
| 2×2 | 1.55 | 2.27 | top 2.4% | 176 / 12,146 | |
| Skewb | 2.44 | 4.05 | top 2.7% | 52 / 3,524 | |
| 3×3 | 8.83 | 11.63 | top 4.5% | 446 / 20,018 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 14.55 | 17.55 | top 7.2% | 227 / 4,516 | |
| Megaminx | 1:10.09 | 1:18.74 | top 15.7% | 145 / 1,443 | |
| 4×4 | 49.99 | 55.19 | top 24.7% | 723 / 4,186 | |
| Square-1 | 22.52 | 30.62 | top 33.6% | 225 / 805 | |
| Clock | 14.87 | 24.89 | top 47.4% | 400 / 1,092 | |
| 5×5 | 2:31.45 | 2:54.99 | top 66.5% | 884 / 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
Best single per competition, Pyraminx. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 31 May 2025Five personal bests in one day at Cubing Heat Raipur 2025.
- 5 Jan 2025First sub-10 3×3: 8.83 at Raipur Winter Cube Open 2025.
- 25 Aug 2024Three personal bests in one day at Raipur Monsoon Cube Open 2024.
- 21 Jan 2024Five personal bests in one day at Cubing Returns Raipur 2024.
- 14 Dec 2019Four personal bests in one day at Raipur Cube Carnival 2019.
- 11 Aug 2019Three personal bests in one day at Independence Cube Open 2019.
Competitions
- South India Cube Championship 2025 · 14 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing Heat Raipur 2025 · 31 May 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Raipur Winter Cube Open 2025 · 5 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Raipur Monsoon Cube Open 2024 · 25 Aug 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubing Returns Raipur 2024 · 21 Jan 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Mor Raipur Cubing Challenge 2022 · 18 Dec 2022
- Raipur Cube Carnival 2019 · 14 Dec 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Independence Cube Open 2019 · 11 Aug 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Raipur Summer Cube Open 2019 · 12 May 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Raipur Winter Cube Challenge 2018 · 30 Dec 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Raipur Cube Championship 2018 · 14 Oct 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Raipur June Cube Challenge 2018 · 10 Jun 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Raipur Summer Cube Open 2018 · 7 Apr 2018
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.
- Gaurav Bachani — met in 77 rounds, finished ahead 45 times
- Ghanshyam Sahu — met in 66 rounds, finished ahead 28 times · head to head
- Aditya Mishra — met in 51 rounds, finished ahead 24 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.42 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.55 away.
Targets move as he improves.