People · India
Gautham Gopinath
3×3 · top 3.7% of 288,433 all-time · competing since May 2022 · 2022GOPI01
Gautham Gopinath has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.48, set at Ashoka One Mall Sun Open 2025, puts him in the top 3.7% of the 288,433 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 9 competitions since May 2022, he has put 338 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 75% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.93 in May 2022 to 8.48, a 29% improvement. Gautham has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | India | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.48 | 10.33 | top 3.7% | 370 / 20,146 | |
| 2×2 | 2.41 | 3.65 | top 8.1% | 660 / 12,225 | |
| 4×4 | 37.92 | 43.58 | top 9.8% | 267 / 4,220 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.83 | 17.72 | top 9.9% | 324 / 4,534 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.62 | 9.60 | top 17.3% | 1,026 / 8,971 | |
| 5×5 | 1:41.77 | 1:49.86 | top 36.8% | 461 / 1,537 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 39 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 208 / 612 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 4:04.33 | — | top 69.1% | 366 / 605 | |
| Megaminx | 2:47.05 | — | early days — 2 solves | 830 / 1,458 |
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
- 6 May 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.48 at Cubing at Punnamada 2023.
- 6 May 2023Three personal bests in one day at Cubing at Punnamada 2023.
- 24 Sep 2022Three personal bests in one day at Varsha Ritu Cube Open 2022.
- 15 May 2022First competition: Hyderabad Summer Open 2022. A 11.93 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- South India Cube Championship 2025 · 14 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Ashoka One Mall Sun Open 2025 · 29 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Pune Cube Carnival 2025 · 21 Jun 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Hyderabad Cube Open 2023 · 11 Aug 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Pavillion Cube Open 2023 · 20 May 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing at Punnamada 2023 · 6 May 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- DC Open April Sunday 2023 · 23 Apr 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Varsha Ritu Cube Open 2022 · 24 Sep 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Hyderabad Summer Open 2022 · 15 May 2022
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.
- Abhijeet Ghodgaonkar (अभिजीत घोडगावकर) — met in 59 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Kalidindi Hardhik Varma — met in 49 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Lakshmi Sai Srivatsa — met in 42 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.48 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.41 away.
Targets move as he improves.