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Ishit Kumar
Clock · top 0.48% of 32,817 all-time · competing since March 2025 · 2025KUMA05
Ishit Kumar has been competing for a year. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 2.76, set at Noida Summer Cube Open 2026, puts him in the top 0.48% of the 32,817 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4th in India. Until June 2023, no official Clock solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since March 2025, he has put 271 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 65% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 4.73 in March 2025 to 1.46, a 69% improvement. Ishit 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clock | 2.76 | 3.26 | top 0.48% | 4 / 1,109 | |
| 2×2 | 1.46 | 2.50 | top 2.0% | 149 / 12,225 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.89 | 4.44 | top 3.3% | 184 / 8,971 | |
| 3×3 | 9.09 | 9.60 | top 5.1% | 543 / 20,146 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.32 | 16.54 | top 8.9% | 288 / 4,534 | |
| Skewb | 4.94 | 5.43 | top 17.7% | 493 / 3,548 | |
| 4×4 | 1:27.25 | — | early days — 2 solves | 2,163 / 4,220 | |
| Megaminx | 3:17.20 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,003 / 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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 22 Aug 2026Five personal bests in one day at BITS Pilani CubeStorm 2026.
- 20 Jun 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.83 at Noida Summer Cube Open 2026.
- 20 Jun 2026Five personal bests in one day at Noida Summer Cube Open 2026.
- 23 May 2026Three personal bests in one day at Esplanade Cube Open 2026.
- 29 Mar 2026Three personal bests in one day at IISER Pune PARAM Open 2026.
- 29 Nov 2025First sub-15 3×3: 13.80 at Delhi Cube Challenge 2025.
Competitions
- Indian Elite Championship 2026 · 2 Oct 2026 — 1 personal best set
- BITS Pilani CubeStorm 2026 · 22 Aug 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- Noida Summer Cube Open 2026 · 20 Jun 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- Esplanade Cube Open 2026 · 23 May 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- IISER Pune PARAM Open 2026 · 29 Mar 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Delhi Cube Challenge 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Surge SNU Cube Open 2025 · 25 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 2025 · 22 Mar 2025
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.
- Aryan Malhotra — met in 41 rounds, finished ahead 25 times
- Saiyam Jain — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead 27 times
- Ojas Nimaje — met in 38 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Clock single — 18 people have one; it is 0.76 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.46 away.
Targets move as he improves.