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Koustubh Nadadur

3×3 · top 0.89% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2022 · 2022NADA02

Koustubh Nadadur has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.54, set at Ashoka One Mall Sat Open 2025, puts him in the top 0.89% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 83rd in India. Until May 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 21 competitions since April 2022, he has put 809 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 51% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.94 in April 2022 to 6.54, a 61% improvement. Koustubh has entered 21 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.89% of 284,439 all-time
6.54
signature single · Ashoka One Mall Sat Open 2025
809
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 51% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
3×36.548.95
top 0.89%83 / 20,018
2×21.363.77
top 1.6%112 / 12,146
4×434.3840.22
top 6.2%161 / 4,186
3×3 one-handed14.5218.59
top 7.1%220 / 4,516
Pyraminx4.157.03
top 8.4%485 / 8,934
5×51:09.181:17.19
top 11.0%125 / 1,525
3×3 Fewest Moves30 moves37.67
top 14.8%41 / 600
Megaminx1:16.381:29.49
top 19.5%184 / 1,443
Skewb8.0810.66
top 41.9%1,171 / 3,524
3×3 blindfolded3:30.32—
early days — 1 solve313 / 598

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

Cubing Returns Bengaluru 2022: 16.94DSL Cube Open 2022: 14.92Varsha Ritu Cube Open 2022: 11.43Cubing ATMOSphere 2022: 12.73DC Open April Saturday 2023: 10.48Hyderabad Cube Open 2023: 14.59Ankuram Open Sunday 2023: 12.05Vasavi Cube Open 2024: 8.66DC Open July Hyderabad Saturday 2024: 10.23Telangana Cube Championship 2024: 9.18DC Open Hyderabad 2024: 8.40DC Open Feb Hyderabad Sunday 2025: 8.82Only 3x3s in Hyderabad 2025: 9.78AMR Planet Cube Open 2025: 8.35Ashoka One Mall Sat Open 2025: 6.54South India Cube Championship 2025: 8.01Twist 'n Turn Hyd Open 2025: 8.54Cubing ATMOSphere 2025: 8.99Twist 'n Turn Hyd Open 2026: 8.106.5416.9416 Apr 202229 Aug 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.

Next targets

  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.54 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.36 away.

Targets move as he improves.