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Kaoushik Murugan

2×2 · top 1.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2013 · 2013MURU01

Kaoushik Murugan has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.30, set at Sunmarke Dubai Open II 2017, puts him in the top 1.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 93rd in India. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 34 competitions since May 2013, he has put 1,091 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 28.93 in May 2013 to 7.54, a 74% improvement. Kaoushik has entered 34 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 1.4% of 186,767 all-time
1.30
signature single · Sunmarke Dubai Open II 2017
1,091
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 59% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
2×21.304.33
top 1.4%93 / 12,146
3×37.5410.04
top 2.0%188 / 20,018
3×3 one-handed12.1215.59
top 3.2%92 / 4,516
4×432.8537.87
top 4.8%118 / 4,186
5×51:12.101:21.07
top 13.1%149 / 1,525
Skewb4.5010.51
top 14.5%392 / 3,524
Pyraminx6.2810.47
top 22.1%1,339 / 8,934
Square-118.3324.19
top 24.2%157 / 805
Megaminx1:26.021:29.91
top 25.6%252 / 1,443
Clock11.3813.73
top 32.0%274 / 1,092
6×62:42.442:54.94
top 32.1%130 / 531
3×3 Fewest Moves36 moves44.00
top 33.6%139 / 600
7×74:40.894:57.36
top 44.8%141 / 360
3×3 blindfolded4:56.10—
early days — 2 solves420 / 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

Dubai Open 2013: 28.93Dubai Open 2016: 16.74Lexington Summer 2016: 15.25Emirates Open 2017: 13.21Sunmarke Dubai Open 2017: 14.22Sunmarke Dubai Open II 2017: 11.73Sunmarke Dubai Open 2018: 11.36GEMS Modern Academy Open 2018: 10.72Sharjah Open 2019: 11.29SacCubing XI 2022: 7.89SacCubing XII 2022: 8.65Sunmarke Dubai Open 2022: 10.15SacCubing XIII 2023: 9.56SacCubing XIV 2023: 8.56SacCubing XV 2023: 8.96Bay Area Speedcubin' 53 - Berkeley 2023: 7.54Davis Fall 2023: 8.91Berkeley Fall 2023: 9.28Claws Up Winter 2023: 8.58SacCubing XVI 2024: 9.93Davis Winter 2024: 9.42Folsom Summer 2024: 8.18Davis Summer 2024: 8.57Davis Fall 2024: 9.68Davis Spring 2025: 8.45Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 9.62West Coast Cubing Western Championship 2025: 8.84Temecula Valley Winter 2025: 7.92Super Duper San Diego 2026: 9.31Poly Cubed at Pomona 2026: 8.84UCSD TritoNxN 2026: 9.85West Coast Cubing Western Championship 2026: 9.007.5428.9311 May 201323 May 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 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.30 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.54 away.

Targets move as he improves.