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Kartikey Tripathi

3×3 · top 26.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2024 · 2024TRIP03

Kartikey Tripathi has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 15.50, set at Seattle Summer 2026, puts him in the top 26.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 14,239th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since May 2024, he has put 45 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.01 in May 2024 to 15.50, a 14% improvement. Kartikey has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 26.1% of 284,439 all-time
15.50
signature single · Seattle Summer 2026
45
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×315.5017.10
top 26.1%14,239 / 59,724
2×24.106.30
top 27.8%10,969 / 40,951

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

Kent Spring 2024: 18.01North Sound Spring 2026: 16.40Seattle Summer 2026: 15.5015.5018.0125 May 202411 Jul 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.

  • Sonja Black — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
  • Mark Cordell — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
  • Desh Rand — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead 3 times

Next targets

  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 0.50 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.10 away.

Targets move as he improves.