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Kaarnik Jain

4×4 · top 1.5% of 83,917 all-time · competing since December 2022 · 2022JAIN33

Kaarnik Jain has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 27.26, set at Don't Pause in Delhi 2026, puts him in the top 1.5% of the 83,917 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 36th in India. Until April 2012, no official 4×4 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 41 competitions since December 2022, he has put 1,814 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 90% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.98 in December 2022 to 7.56, a 46% improvement. Kaarnik has entered 41 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

4×4
best event — top 1.5% of 83,917 all-time
27.26
signature single · Don't Pause in Delhi 2026
1,814
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 90% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
4×427.2631.53
top 1.5%36 / 4,186
3×37.568.87
top 2.1%189 / 20,018
3×3 one-handed12.3216.02
top 3.5%104 / 4,516
5×555.471:00.97
top 3.5%32 / 1,525
2×21.793.20
top 3.5%270 / 12,146
6×61:51.162:02.80
top 7.6%34 / 531
Pyraminx4.006.21
top 7.6%438 / 8,934
Clock7.669.65
top 13.6%110 / 1,092
Skewb6.989.03
top 33.5%946 / 3,524
7×74:58.355:03.69
top 50.1%161 / 360
3×3 Fewest Moves59 moves—
early days — 1 solve537 / 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

BCM Arya Cubing Challenge 2022: 13.98Mathsoc Delhi Open 2023: 12.08Cube Fiesta Surat 2023: 11.23LNMIIT Jaipur Cube Open 2023: 10.14Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 2023: 10.20Synocubix 2023: 10.23Moksha Cubing 2023: 9.06Studio 21 Open Sunday 2023: 11.29Cubing Comes to Bihar 2023: 11.24Speedcubing ESYA 2023: 11.64SpeedCubing Delhi Open 2023: 10.58Gurugram Cube Open 2023: 9.51Indian Nationals 2023: 9.12Mathsoc Delhi Open 2024: 8.85Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 2024: 8.00Oculus Cube Open 2024: 8.15Howrah Cube Open 2024: 8.97Muzaffarpur Cube Open 2024: 9.67Gurugram Monsoon Cube Open 2024: 8.83Mahavira Delhi Cube Open Sunday 2024: 8.71Gurugram Autumn Cube Open 2024: 8.67IIT Patna Unscramble 2024: 9.16Delhi Cube Challenge 2024: 7.80Odd Day In Delhi 2024: 8.79Delhi Cube Open 2025: 9.77Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 2025: 7.62Patna Cube Challenge 2025: 9.20Noida Cube Open 2025: 9.47Don't Pause in Delhi 2025: 8.85Speedcubing Delhi ESYA 2025: 7.65Delhi Autumn Showdown 2025: 8.73Surge SNU Cube Open 2025: 7.71Don't Pause in Delhi 2026: 7.69Delhi Cube Open 2026: 7.70Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 2026: 8.79Esplanade Cube Open 2026: 7.74Noida Summer Cube Open 2026: 7.56Delhi Summer Showdown 2026: 8.20Patna Cube Challenge 2026: 7.997.5613.984 Dec 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-25 4×4 single — 588 people have one; it is 2.26 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.56 away.

Targets move as he improves.