People · India
Gautham Unnikrishnan
3×3 · top 3.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2022 · 2022UNNI01
Gautham Unnikrishnan has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.25, set at Karnataka Cube Open April 2026, puts him in the top 3.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 308th in India. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since August 2022, he has put 365 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 83% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 34.35 in August 2022 to 8.25, a 76% improvement. Gautham has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% 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 | 8.25 | 10.75 | top 3.2% | 308 / 20,018 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.66 | 8.26 | top 11.2% | 641 / 8,934 | |
| 2×2 | 2.79 | 4.47 | top 11.9% | 984 / 12,146 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.44 | 21.61 | top 16.3% | 555 / 4,516 | |
| 4×4 | 56.93 | 1:03.21 | top 33.0% | 1,020 / 4,186 | |
| Skewb | 8.93 | 10.98 | top 47.9% | 1,346 / 3,524 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 52 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 462 / 600 |
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
- 25 May 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.81 at mcubes Cubing Clash 2024.
- 23 Dec 2023Three personal bests in one day at Bangalore Championship 2023.
- 26 Aug 2023First sub-15 3×3: 13.81 at Mysore Cube Open 2023.
- 26 Aug 2023Four personal bests in one day at Mysore Cube Open 2023.
- 6 May 2023First sub-20 3×3: 15.06 at Cubing at Punnamada 2023.
- 6 May 2023Five personal bests in one day at Cubing at Punnamada 2023.
Competitions
- Bengaluru Cube Fest C 2026 · 12 Apr 2026
- Karnataka Cube Open April 2026 · 5 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Republic Cube Open BLR 2025 · 25 Jan 2025
- Karnataka Cube Championship 2024 · 16 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's WCA Asian Championship 2024 · 1 Nov 2024
- Puzzling at JHS Aug 2024 · 10 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- mcubes Cubing Clash 2024 · 25 May 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Bengaluru Summer 2024 · 11 May 2024
- Side Events Bangalore April 2024 · 6 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Bangalore Newcomers 2024 · 30 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Big N Blind Bangalore Feb 2024 · 17 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Bangalore Championship 2023 · 23 Dec 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Mysore Cube Open 2023 · 26 Aug 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Cubing at Punnamada 2023 · 6 May 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- mcubes Winter Open 2022 · 26 Nov 2022 — 1 personal best set
- mcubes Open 2022 · 13 Aug 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.
- Mohith B (ಮೋಹಿತ್ ಬಿ) — met in 50 rounds, never finished ahead
- Vivek Prasad Mada — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
- Raghav Vishwanath — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.25 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.66 away.
Targets move as he improves.