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Kian Upadhyay
Pyraminx · top 14.3% of 129,321 all-time · competing since August 2022 · 2022UPAD02
Kian Upadhyay has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 5.18, set at Melbourne Summer 2025, puts him in the top 14.3% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 683rd in Australia. Across 5 competitions since August 2022, he has put 127 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His Pyraminx best has come down from 5.87 in August 2022 to 5.18, a 12% improvement. Kian has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 5.18 | 7.65 | top 14.3% | 683 / 5,993 | |
| Skewb | 5.31 | 8.06 | top 20.6% | 536 / 3,534 | |
| 2×2 | 3.59 | 5.51 | top 21.3% | 1,632 / 8,567 | |
| 3×3 | 17.47 | 20.18 | top 32.5% | 3,070 / 11,709 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 27.60 | 40.15 | top 40.9% | 946 / 2,659 | |
| 4×4 | 1:27.33 | — | early days — 3 solves | 1,745 / 3,051 |
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, Pyraminx. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 31 May 2025Three personal bests in one day at VIC State Championship 2025.
- 13 Aug 2022First competition: Melbourne Trilogy Saturday 2022. A 19.16 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- VIC State Championship 2025 · 31 May 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Melbourne Summer 2025 · 24 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Melbourne Cube Days 2022 · 12 Nov 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Koalafication Melbourne 2022 · 15 Oct 2022
- Melbourne Trilogy Saturday 2022 · 13 Aug 2022
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.
- Emmet Hobbs — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead once
- Ben Wakelin — met in 30 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jacob Joshi — met in 30 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.18 away.
- A sub-5 Skewb single — 13,285 people have one; it is 0.31 away.
Targets move as he improves.