People · India
Karan Tiwari
3×3 · top 3.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2017 · 2017TIWA03
Karan Tiwari has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.34, set at DAU Gandhinagar Cube Open 2025, puts him in the top 3.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 323rd in India. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since October 2017, he has put 74 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 59% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.28 in October 2017 to 8.34, a 64% improvement. Karan has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | India | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.34 | 11.11 | top 3.4% | 323 / 20,018 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.21 | 34.08 | top 23.8% | 859 / 4,516 |
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
- 12 Nov 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.55 at i.Cube Open 2022.
- 6 Oct 2018First sub-20 3×3: 14.98 at DA-IICT Open 2018.
- 6 Oct 2018First sub-15 3×3: 14.98 at DA-IICT Open 2018.
- 6 Oct 2018Three personal bests in one day at DA-IICT Open 2018.
- 28 Oct 2017First competition: i.Cube Open 2017. A 23.28 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- AML IIT Gandhinagar Open 2025 · 8 Nov 2025
- DAU Gandhinagar Cube Open 2025 · 12 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Synocubix 2024 · 25 Feb 2024
- i.Cube Open 2022 · 12 Nov 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Synocubix 2020 · 16 Feb 2020 — 1 personal best set
- DA-IICT Open 2018 · 6 Oct 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- i.Cube Open 2017 · 28 Oct 2017
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.
- Dadhania Het — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Harsh Kanjariya — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Parth Sachin Surelia — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.34 away.
- A sub-20 3×3 one-handed single — 15,081 people have one; it is 1.21 away.
Targets move as he improves.