People · India
Hardik Sapra
2×2 · top 8.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since December 2016 · 2016SAPR01
Hardik Sapra has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.47, set at Cubing For LLS Summer 2019, puts him in the top 8.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 697th in India. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since December 2016, he has put 239 official solves on the record across eight 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 32.42 in December 2016 to 11.27, a 65% improvement. Hardik has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | India | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.47 | 4.65 | top 8.6% | 697 / 12,146 | |
| 3×3 | 11.27 | 14.05 | top 11.3% | 1,320 / 20,018 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.59 | 26.96 | top 24.8% | 892 / 4,516 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:40.49 | — | early days — 2 solves | 112 / 598 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.22 | 10.27 | top 38.1% | 2,427 / 8,934 | |
| 4×4 | 1:06.37 | 1:11.75 | top 43.3% | 1,415 / 4,186 | |
| Clock | 19.96 | 24.81 | top 64.5% | 576 / 1,092 | |
| 5×5 | 3:13.43 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,133 / 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, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 11 Aug 2023Three personal bests in one day at Hyderabad Cube Open 2023.
- 13 Aug 2017First sub-20 3×3: 17.18 at Deccan Cube Open - August 2017.
- 13 Aug 2017First sub-15 3×3: 13.85 at Deccan Cube Open - August 2017.
- 13 Aug 2017Five personal bests in one day at Deccan Cube Open - August 2017.
- 26 Feb 2017First sub-30 3×3: 26.00 at P3 Grand Open - Feb 2017.
- 23 Dec 2016First competition: Rubik's Cube Mumbai Open 2016. A 32.42 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- South India Cube Championship 2025 · 14 Aug 2025
- Ankuram Open Sunday 2023 · 15 Oct 2023
- Hyderabad Cube Open 2023 · 11 Aug 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubing For LLS Summer 2019 · 24 Mar 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Geethanjali Monsoon Open 2018 · 25 Aug 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Hyderabad Cube Open 2018 · 31 Mar 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Geethanjali Cube Open 2018 · 21 Jan 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing ATMOSphere 2017 · 28 Oct 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Deccan Cube Open - Sep 2017 · 17 Sep 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Deccan Cube Open - August 2017 · 13 Aug 2017 — 5 personal bests set
- P3 Grand Open - March 2017 · 26 Mar 2017
- P3 Grand Open - Feb 2017 · 26 Feb 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- P3 Grand Open - Jan 2017 · 8 Jan 2017
- Rubik's Cube Mumbai Open 2016 · 23 Dec 2016
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.
- Akshaansh Chilakapati — met in 39 rounds, finished ahead once
- Velidi Venkata Jagan Mohana Murali Krishna — met in 38 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Krishna Advait Sripada — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.47 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.27 away.
Targets move as he improves.