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Harsh Vinayak
Square-1 · top 2.3% of 25,272 all-time · competing since October 2017 · 2017VINA04
Harsh Vinayak has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the Square-1: a personal-best single of 7.43, set at South India Cube Championship 2025, puts him in the top 2.3% of the 25,272 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9th in India. Until November 2013, no official Square-1 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since October 2017, he has put 69 official solves on the record across one event. His Square-1 best has come down from 43.50 in October 2017 to 7.43, an 83% improvement. Harsh has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | India | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Square-1 | 7.43 | 9.85 | top 2.3% | 9 / 805 |
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, Square-1. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 28 Oct 2017First competition: Cubing ATMOSphere 2017.
Competitions
- South India Cube Championship 2025 · 14 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's Irish Championship 2024 · 5 Jul 2024
- Rawindra Bhaarathi Cube Open 2024 · 11 May 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Indian Nationals 2019 · 11 Apr 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Varsha Ritu Cube Open 2018 · 8 Jul 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Indian Nationals 2018 · 25 May 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Hyderabad Cube Open 2018 · 31 Mar 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing ATMOSphere 2017 · 28 Oct 2017
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.
- Shivam Bansal — met in 7 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Gaurav Bachani — met in 6 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Nikhil Soares — met in 5 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 Square-1 single — 201 people have one; it is 1.43 away.
Targets move as he improves.