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Hitesh Kumar Bhuwalka

6×6 · top 0.074% of 17,510 all-time · competing since June 2022 · 2022BHUW01

Hitesh Kumar Bhuwalka has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 6×6: a personal-best single of 1:06.61, set at Patna Cube Challenge 2026, puts him in the top 0.074% of the 17,510 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1st in India. Until July 2022, no official 6×6 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 32 competitions since June 2022, he has put 2,538 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 56% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 9.16 in June 2022 to 7.17, a 22% improvement. Hitesh has entered 32 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

6×6
best event — top 0.074% of 17,510 all-time
1:06.61
signature single · Patna Cube Challenge 2026
2,538
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 56% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
6×61:06.611:16.76
top 0.074%1 / 531
5×538.6045.54
top 0.086%1 / 1,525
4×424.1128.91
top 0.52%9 / 4,186
7×72:03.222:20.19
top 0.79%3 / 360
3×3 one-handed10.5413.61
top 1.4%43 / 4,516
3×37.177.66
top 1.5%137 / 20,018
Megaminx42.2952.01
top 2.2%18 / 1,443
2×21.843.21
top 3.8%289 / 12,146
Pyraminx3.265.31
top 4.5%258 / 8,934
Skewb3.024.52
top 5.1%119 / 3,524
Square-111.6215.15
top 9.1%49 / 805
Clock6.928.77
top 10.6%81 / 1,092
3×3 Fewest Moves38 moves—
top 40.9%179 / 600
3×3 blindfolded3:39.32—
early days — 3 solves321 / 598

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

Phoenix Cube Challenge 2022: 9.16Howrah Cube Open 2022: 9.82Cubing Returns IISER Kolkata 2022: 9.88Bengal Cube Open 2022: 9.45IISER-K Spring Open 2023: 9.49Howrah Cube Open 2023: 8.44IVWS Cube Open 2023: 8.95Cubing Comes to Bihar 2023: 8.00IISER-K Autumn Open 2023: 9.70Bengal Cube Open 2023: 8.61IIT Kharagpur Spring Open 2024: 8.90Howrah Cube Open 2024: 9.32Mumbai Twistathon 2024: 8.38Puzzling at JHS Aug 2024: 8.76Telangana Cube Championship 2024: 8.14Gurugram Autumn Cube Open 2024: 8.56Karnataka Cube Championship 2024: 8.08Bengal Cube Open 2024: 7.39Republic Cube Open BLR 2025: 7.48Inquivesta Cube Open 2025: 8.47Patna Cube Challenge 2025: 8.12Noida Cube Open 2025: 7.17South India Cube Championship 2025: 8.01VIT Cube Open 2025: 8.28Bengal Cube Open 2025: 7.22SVNIT Cube Open 2026: 7.67Pravega IISc BLR Cube Open 2026: 7.56Paradise Park Bangkok NxNxN 2026: 7.83Cubing Returns to Kolkata 2026: 8.55Indian Cube Challenge BLR 2026: 7.21Barpeta Cubing Open 2026: 7.68Patna Cube Challenge 2026: 7.237.179.8825 Jun 202215 Aug 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-1:00 6×6 single — 2 people have one; it is 6.61 away.
  • A sub-30 5×5 single — 1 people have one; it is 8.60 away.

Targets move as he improves.