People · India
Kalidindi Hardhik Varma
4×4 · top 0.28% of 83,917 all-time · competing since July 2019 · 2019VARM03
Kalidindi Hardhik Varma has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 22.67, set at South India Cube Championship 2025, puts him in the top 0.28% of the 83,917 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6th in India. Until August 2014, no official 4×4 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 19 competitions since July 2019, he has put 1,080 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 59% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.33 in July 2019 to 6.01, a 51% improvement. Kalidindi has entered 19 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | India | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4×4 | 22.67 | 28.74 | top 0.28% | 6 / 4,186 | |
| 3×3 | 6.01 | 7.67 | top 0.49% | 41 / 20,018 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 10.38 | 12.48 | top 1.3% | 39 / 4,516 | |
| 5×5 | 52.15 | 57.60 | top 2.4% | 24 / 1,525 | |
| 2×2 | 2.08 | 2.85 | top 5.3% | 400 / 12,146 | |
| 6×6 | 1:48.92 | 1:52.76 | top 6.8% | 28 / 531 | |
| 7×7 | 2:47.41 | 2:51.46 | top 7.1% | 25 / 360 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.96 | 6.91 | top 7.5% | 427 / 8,934 | |
| Skewb | 6.65 | 11.52 | top 30.9% | 860 / 3,524 | |
| Megaminx | 1:44.65 | 1:50.90 | top 37.4% | 405 / 1,443 | |
| Square-1 | 25.75 | 29.56 | top 40.8% | 281 / 805 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 38 moves | 40.33 | top 40.9% | 179 / 600 | |
| Clock | 17.16 | 19.25 | top 56.0% | 487 / 1,092 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 4:28.71 | 6:29.96 | top 74.3% | 386 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 14 Aug 2025Three personal bests in one day at South India Cube Championship 2025.
- 8 Mar 2025Three personal bests in one day at Cubing Returns to PCMC 2025.
- 25 May 2024Five personal bests in one day at Mumbai Twistathon 2024.
- 11 Aug 2023Five personal bests in one day at Hyderabad Cube Open 2023.
- 17 Sep 2022Seven personal bests in one day at Delhi Big Cube Open 2022.
- 18 Jun 2022Five personal bests in one day at DSL Cube Open 2022.
Competitions
- DC Hyderabad Winter Open 2025 · 20 Dec 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- South India Cube Championship 2025 · 14 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Ashoka One Mall Sun Open 2025 · 29 Jun 2025
- AMR Planet Cube Open 2025 · 24 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing Returns to PCMC 2025 · 8 Mar 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Only 3x3s in Hyderabad 2025 · 1 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Mumbai Twistathon 2024 · 25 May 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Hyderabad Cube Open 2023 · 11 Aug 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Pavillion Cube Open 2023 · 20 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- DC Open April Sunday 2023 · 23 Apr 2023
- DSK Cube Open 2023 · 14 Jan 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing ATMOSphere 2022 · 26 Nov 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Varsha Ritu Cube Open 2022 · 24 Sep 2022
- Delhi Big Cube Open 2022 · 17 Sep 2022 — 7 personal bests set
- DSL Cube Open 2022 · 18 Jun 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Cubing Returns Pune 2022 · 12 Jun 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubing Returns Raipur 2022 · 9 Apr 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Hyderabad Cube Open 2019 · 28 Sep 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Deccan Cube Open July 2019 · 14 Jul 2019 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Abhijeet Ghodgaonkar (अभिजीत घोडगावकर) — met in 132 rounds, finished ahead 89 times
- Gaurav Bachani — met in 119 rounds, finished ahead 87 times
- Velidi Venkata Jagan Mohana Murali Krishna — met in 117 rounds, finished ahead 88 times
Next targets
- A sub-20 4×4 single — 42 people have one; it is 2.67 away.
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.01 away.
Targets move as he improves.