People · India
Keshav Mahansaria
3×3 · top 5.0% of 288,433 all-time · competing since November 2019 · 2019MAHA17
Keshav Mahansaria has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.03, set at IIT Patna Unscramble 2024, puts him in the top 5.0% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 514th in India. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since November 2019, he has put 79 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.66 in November 2019 to 9.03, a 34% improvement. Keshav has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% 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 | 9.03 | 10.23 | top 5.0% | 514 / 20,146 | |
| 2×2 | 2.49 | 4.37 | top 8.9% | 730 / 12,225 | |
| 4×4 | 38.25 | 44.15 | top 10.1% | 275 / 4,220 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.12 | 9.18 | top 13.9% | 811 / 8,971 | |
| Skewb | 4.94 | 6.77 | top 17.7% | 493 / 3,548 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.87 | 23.37 | top 22.9% | 828 / 4,534 | |
| 5×5 | 1:56.74 | 2:14.67 | top 47.3% | 614 / 1,537 |
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
- 18 Oct 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.86 at IIT Patna Unscramble 2024.
- 18 Oct 2024Five personal bests in one day at IIT Patna Unscramble 2024.
- 2 Nov 2019First competition: Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 2019. A 13.66 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Indian Cube Challenge BLR 2026 · 27 Jun 2026
- IIT Patna Unscramble 2024 · 18 Oct 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 2019 · 2 Nov 2019 — 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 9 rounds, never finished ahead
- Hargun Singh Tikku — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead
- Rohan Gupta — met in 8 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.03 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.49 away.
Targets move as he improves.