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Kartik Gupta
3×3 · top 9.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2014 · 2014GUPT21
Kartik Gupta has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.81, set at Indian Nationals 2016, puts him in the top 9.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,121st in India. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since May 2014, he has put 344 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 82% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 51.99 in May 2014 to 10.81, a 79% improvement. Kartik has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% 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 | 10.81 | 13.44 | top 9.9% | 1,121 / 20,018 | |
| 4×4 | 38.34 | 43.11 | top 10.1% | 272 / 4,186 | |
| 2×2 | 2.63 | 3.47 | top 10.2% | 843 / 12,146 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.39 | 10.53 | top 31.1% | 1,948 / 8,934 | |
| 5×5 | 2:05.01 | 2:27.25 | top 52.4% | 680 / 1,525 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 33.28 | 41.83 | top 53.9% | 2,096 / 4,516 | |
| Megaminx | 2:59.55 | 3:17.87 | top 74.2% | 891 / 1,443 | |
| Square-1 | 1:57.34 | — | early days — 2 solves | 773 / 805 |
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
- 25 Mar 2016Five personal bests in one day at Indian Nationals 2016.
- 11 Apr 2015First sub-15 3×3: 14.18 at National Cubing Region Open 2015.
- 11 Apr 2015Three personal bests in one day at National Cubing Region Open 2015.
- 21 Feb 2015Four personal bests in one day at MathSoc Open 2015.
- 17 Jan 2015First sub-30 3×3: 17.80 at PB Smashathon 2015.
- 17 Jan 2015First sub-20 3×3: 17.80 at PB Smashathon 2015.
Competitions
- Noida Cube Open 2025 · 24 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Indian Nationals 2019 · 11 Apr 2019
- MathSoc Open 2019 · 9 Feb 2019 — 1 personal best set
- MathSoc Open 2018 · 27 Jan 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 2017 · 4 Nov 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Lord Of The Minx 2017 · 24 Sep 2017
- Cubing Complexity 2016 · 17 Dec 2016
- Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 2016 · 22 Oct 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Indian Nationals 2016 · 25 Mar 2016 — 5 personal bests set
- Akash Open 2015 · 27 Jun 2015 — 1 personal best set
- National Cubing Region Open 2015 · 11 Apr 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- MathSoc Open 2015 · 21 Feb 2015 — 4 personal bests set
- PB Smashathon 2015 · 17 Jan 2015 — 1 personal best set
- National Cubing Region Open 2014 · 31 May 2014
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.
- Shivam Bansal — met in 70 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Abhi Gawande — met in 48 rounds, finished ahead 21 times
- Akash Rupela — met in 48 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.81 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 8.34 away.
Targets move as he improves.