People · India
Kanishq Bhandari
2×2 · top 6.6% of 189,179 all-time · competing since September 2022 · 2022BHAN06
Kanishq Bhandari has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.24, set at Cubing in the Ocean County 2025, puts him in the top 6.6% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 518th in India. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since September 2022, he has put 95 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.28 in September 2022 to 10.82, a 37% improvement. Kanishq has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | India | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.24 | 3.47 | top 6.6% | 518 / 12,225 | |
| 3×3 | 10.82 | 14.35 | top 10.0% | 1,141 / 20,146 | |
| Skewb | 5.22 | 7.58 | top 19.9% | 564 / 3,548 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.67 | 30.67 | top 33.4% | 1,219 / 4,534 | |
| 4×4 | 1:05.69 | 1:22.10 | top 42.6% | 1,404 / 4,220 | |
| 5×5 | 2:28.71 | — | early days — 2 solves | 863 / 1,537 | |
| Pyraminx | 11.99 | 13.46 | top 67.2% | 4,766 / 8,971 | |
| Clock | 35.66 | — | early days — 2 solves | 934 / 1,109 |
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
- 9 Aug 2025Six personal bests in one day at Cubing in the Ocean County 2025.
- 27 Jul 2024First sub-15 3×3: 14.02 at Westport Summer 2024.
- 1 Jun 2024Three personal bests in one day at Cubes on the Bayside Summer 2024.
- 18 Sep 2022First competition: Babylon Summer 2022. A 17.78 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cubing in the Ocean County 2025 · 9 Aug 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- Westport Summer 2024 · 27 Jul 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubes on the Bayside Summer 2024 · 1 Jun 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Babylon Summer 2022 · 18 Sep 2022 — 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.
- Evan Liu — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead once
- Isaac Wiginton — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Benjamin Wiginton — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.24 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.82 away.
Targets move as he improves.