People · India
Kaustubh Varshney
3×3 · top 7.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2014 · 2014VARS02
Kaustubh Varshney has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.96, set at Pink City Open 2018, puts him in the top 7.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 806th in India. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since May 2014, he has put 339 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 86% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.95 in May 2014 to 9.96, a 45% improvement. Kaustubh has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% 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 | 9.96 | 12.97 | top 7.3% | 806 / 20,018 | |
| 2×2 | 2.87 | 5.37 | top 12.8% | 1,057 / 12,146 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.93 | 22.87 | top 14.9% | 512 / 4,516 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.56 | 14.87 | top 32.6% | 2,059 / 8,934 | |
| 4×4 | 1:05.36 | 1:16.28 | top 42.2% | 1,371 / 4,186 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 41 moves | — | top 51.8% | 252 / 600 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 4:10.47 | — | top 70.6% | 364 / 598 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 2 of 2 cubes · 16:21 | — | early days — 1 solve | 111 / 168 | |
| Megaminx | 3:54.45 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,163 / 1,443 |
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 Feb 2018First sub-10 3×3: 9.96 at Pink City Open 2018.
- 16 Jan 2015Seven personal bests in one day at Speed Cubing Mumbai Unlimited 2015.
- 25 Oct 2014First sub-15 3×3: 14.83 at Cubing V1.0 2014.
- 25 Oct 2014Three personal bests in one day at Cubing V1.0 2014.
- 31 May 2014First competition: National Cubing Region Open 2014. A 18.61 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Pink City Open 2018 · 3 Feb 2018 — 1 personal best set
- MathSoc Open 2018 · 27 Jan 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Speedcubing ESYA 2017 · 26 Aug 2017
- Delhi Cube Splash 2017 · 30 Jul 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- National Cubing Region Open 2017 · 23 Jun 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- MathSoc Open 2017 · 21 Jan 2017 — 1 personal best set
- National Cubing Region Open 2016 · 23 Jul 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Akash Open 2015 · 27 Jun 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- National Cubing Region Open 2015 · 11 Apr 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- MathSoc Open 2015 · 21 Feb 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Speed Cubing Mumbai Unlimited 2015 · 16 Jan 2015 — 7 personal bests set
- Cubing V1.0 2014 · 25 Oct 2014 — 3 personal bests set
- National Cubing Region Open 2014 · 31 May 2014 — 1 personal best set
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 73 rounds, never finished ahead
- Piyush Passi — met in 52 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
- Akash Rupela — met in 52 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.96 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.87 away.
Targets move as he improves.