People · India
Krishna Vijayraghavan
2×2 · top 4.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2014 · 2014VIJA01
Krishna Vijayraghavan has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.91, set at Amalthea Open 2019, puts him in the top 4.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 310th in India. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since January 2014, he has put 337 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 62% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.05 in January 2014 to 11.40, a 58% improvement. Krishna has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% 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 | 1.91 | 5.99 | top 4.2% | 310 / 12,146 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 14.53 | 18.36 | top 7.1% | 222 / 4,516 | |
| 3×3 | 11.40 | 13.90 | top 11.8% | 1,377 / 20,018 | |
| 4×4 | 47.79 | 56.03 | top 21.9% | 640 / 4,186 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.75 | 16.24 | top 34.1% | 2,161 / 8,934 | |
| Skewb | 10.69 | 15.04 | top 59.1% | 1,717 / 3,524 | |
| 5×5 | 2:38.51 | 2:50.93 | top 69.8% | 939 / 1,525 |
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
- 19 Oct 2019Three personal bests in one day at Amalthea Open 2019.
- 6 Jan 2018First sub-15 3×3: 13.40 at Shaastra Cube Open 2018.
- 31 Dec 2016Five personal bests in one day at Shaastra Cube Open 2017.
- 29 May 2015First sub-20 3×3: 16.79 at Indian Nationals 2015.
- 4 Jan 2014First competition: Shaastra Cube Open 2014. A 27.05 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Play Extreme Cubing A 2025 · 3 Aug 2025
- Amalthea Open 2019 · 19 Oct 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Cult A Way Cube Open 2019 · 3 Mar 2019 — 1 personal best set
- CMI Tessellate Cube Open 2019 · 1 Feb 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Shaastra Cube Open 2019 · 5 Jan 2019
- CMI Autumn Open 2018 · 27 Oct 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- IIITDM Cube Open 2018 · 18 Aug 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- SRM Cube Open 2018 · 23 Mar 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Shaastra Cube Open 2018 · 6 Jan 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Grand Cube Open 2017 · 26 Nov 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Shaastra Cube Open 2017 · 31 Dec 2016 — 5 personal bests set
- Shaastra Cube Open 2016 · 23 Jan 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- REC Cube Challenge 2015 · 2 Oct 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Indian Nationals 2015 · 29 May 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Shaastra Cube Open 2015 · 3 Jan 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Shaastra Cube Open 2014 · 4 Jan 2014
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.
- Vijay Kishore — met in 39 rounds, finished ahead once
- Pranav Prabhu — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Sripad Sarma Katrapati — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.91 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 2.53 away.
Targets move as he improves.