People · India
Kaushik Gururaj
2×2 · top 45.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2016 · 2016GURU01
Kaushik Gururaj has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 5.54, set at Takshashila Cube Open 2018, puts him in the top 45.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,356th in India. Across 9 competitions since August 2016, he has put 87 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 42.49 in August 2016 to 23.63, a 44% improvement. Kaushik has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% 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 | 5.54 | 11.20 | top 45.8% | 4,356 / 12,146 | |
| 3×3 | 23.63 | 30.50 | top 49.5% | 7,355 / 20,018 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:02.80 | 1:15.93 | top 85.5% | 3,592 / 4,516 | |
| Skewb | 33.43 | — | early days — 2 solves | 3,341 / 3,524 | |
| Pyraminx | 33.24 | — | early days — 3 solves | 8,659 / 8,934 |
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 Mar 2018First sub-30 3×3: 27.53 at Takshashila Cube Open 2018.
- 5 Aug 2016First competition: SSN Cube Open 2016. A 42.49 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- SSN Cube Open 2025 · 8 Feb 2025
- Back to Cubing Madras 2025 · 11 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- CMI Tessellate Cube Open 2020 · 31 Jan 2020
- C3 Cup Finale 2019 · 28 Dec 2019
- SSN Cube Open 2019 · 27 Jul 2019
- Takshashila Cube Open 2018 · 3 Mar 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Carte Blanche Kube Open 2018 · 10 Feb 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Shaastra Cube Open 2018 · 6 Jan 2018 — 1 personal best set
- SSN Cube Open 2016 · 5 Aug 2016
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.
- Arun Seshadhri — met in 20 rounds, never finished ahead
- Pranav Prabhu — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
- Vijay Kishore — met in 15 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.54 away.
- A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 3.63 away.
Targets move as he improves.