People · India
Karthikeyan Natarajan
2×2 · top 31.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2021 · 2021NATA01
Karthikeyan Natarajan has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 4.40, set at Cherry on Top Colorado AM 2024, puts him in the top 31.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,806th in India. Across 11 competitions since November 2021, he has put 169 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 50% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 52.63 in November 2021 to 23.30, a 56% improvement. Karthikeyan has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% 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 | 4.40 | 7.98 | top 31.6% | 2,806 / 12,146 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.25 | 14.70 | top 38.3% | 2,448 / 8,934 | |
| 3×3 | 23.30 | 27.61 | top 48.6% | 7,192 / 20,018 | |
| Clock | 18.59 | 21.98 | top 60.5% | 535 / 1,092 | |
| Skewb | 13.07 | 20.92 | top 71.0% | 2,119 / 3,524 | |
| 4×4 | 1:51.16 | — | top 77.3% | 2,800 / 4,186 | |
| 5×5 | 5:22.32 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,439 / 1,525 |
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
- 3 Nov 2023Three personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Rocky Mountain Championship 2023.
- 24 Jun 2023Three personal bests in one day at Summer Solving Colorado 2023.
- 1 Apr 2023First sub-30 3×3: 29.74 at Don't be Fooled Colorado 2023.
- 29 Oct 2022Four personal bests in one day at Cubing in The Springs 2022.
- 13 Nov 2021First competition: Pikes Peak Returns A 2021. A 52.63 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- A Little Fun in Littleton Colorado 2025 · 18 Jan 2025
- Cherry on Top Colorado AM 2024 · 27 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Rocky Mountain Championship 2023 · 3 Nov 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Summer Solving Colorado 2023 · 24 Jun 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Don't be Fooled Colorado 2023 · 1 Apr 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing in The Springs 2022 · 29 Oct 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Pikes Peak Good Morning 2022 · 9 Apr 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Northern Colorado Cubing 2022 · 12 Mar 2022 — 1 personal best set
- DeNxNver 2022 · 12 Feb 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Scramble in the Springs 2022 · 8 Jan 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Pikes Peak Returns A 2021 · 13 Nov 2021
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.
- Brayden Wroten — met in 37 rounds, never finished ahead
- Stone Amsbaugh — met in 36 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jack Bellomy — met in 31 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.40 away.
- A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 46,752 people have one; it is 0.25 away.
Targets move as he improves.