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Krishnam Raju Gadiraju
3×3 · top 5.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2013 · 2013GADI01
Krishnam Raju Gadiraju has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.09, set at Coquitlam Crunch 2025, puts him in the top 5.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 39 competitions since January 2013, he has put 1,041 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 95% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 36.50 in January 2013 to 9.09, a 75% improvement. Krishnam has entered 39 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.09 | 11.77 | top 5.1% | 0 / 10,392 | |
| 2×2 | 2.09 | 4.35 | top 5.4% | 0 / 7,173 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.28 | 17.99 | top 8.7% | 264 / 2,620 | |
| 4×4 | 49.84 | 55.63 | top 24.5% | 0 / 3,118 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 36 moves | 46.33 | top 33.6% | 0 / 283 | |
| 5×5 | 1:45.20 | 1:56.12 | top 39.3% | 493 / 1,499 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.50 | 12.28 | top 40.5% | 0 / 4,858 | |
| Clock | 15.11 | 19.20 | top 48.3% | 0 / 1,029 | |
| Megaminx | 2:31.33 | — | top 61.7% | 0 / 1,375 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 4:21.71 | 6:51.41 | top 72.8% | 0 / 351 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 2 of 3 cubes · 27:43 | — | early days — 1 solve | 0 / 112 | |
| Square-1 | 1:33.17 | 2:35.72 | top 95.8% | 0 / 952 |
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
- 14 Jun 2025Four personal bests in one day at Warm Up Vancouver 2025.
- 3 May 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.09 at Coquitlam Crunch 2025.
- 10 Sep 2017Four personal bests in one day at Raipur Cube Challenge 2017.
- 27 May 2017Three personal bests in one day at IIA Summer Open - May 2017.
- 3 Mar 2017Five personal bests in one day at Anokha Cubing Royale 2017.
- 25 Mar 2016Four personal bests in one day at Indian Nationals 2016.
Competitions
- 5x5x5 & Sides at UBC 2026 · 20 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Spring Breeze in Burnaby 2026 · 3 May 2026
- Richmond Spring 2026 · 11 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Burnaby Winter 2026 · 21 Feb 2026
- Victoria Winter 2026 · 4 Jan 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- What Are the Odds Coquitlam 2025 · 22 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Please Be Solved UBC 2025 · 1 Nov 2025
- Richmond Fall 2025 · 11 Oct 2025
- Burnaby Summer 2025 · 17 Aug 2025
- White Rock's Back to Square-1 2025 · 12 Jul 2025
- Warm Up Vancouver 2025 · 14 Jun 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Surrey Monday Open 2025 · 2 Jun 2025
- Coquitlam Crunch 2025 · 3 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Aldergrove Clock Fest 2025 · 19 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Vancouver Newcomers 2025 · 31 Mar 2025
- Sangrah Cube Open 2018 · 17 Feb 2018
- Raipur Cube Challenge 2017 · 10 Sep 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- ICC Juniors August 2017 · 12 Aug 2017 — 1 personal best set
- IIA Summer Open - May 2017 · 27 May 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- IIA Summer Open April 2017 · 22 Apr 2017
- P3 Grand Open - March 2017 · 26 Mar 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Drishti Cube Open 2017 · 19 Mar 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Anaadyanta Cube Open 2017 · 11 Mar 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Anokha Cubing Royale 2017 · 3 Mar 2017 — 5 personal bests set
- Indian Nationals 2016 · 25 Mar 2016 — 4 personal bests set
- Cube On Bengaluru 2016 · 27 Feb 2016
- Cube Challenge Quark 2016 · 6 Feb 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Cubers East India Open 2016 · 9 Jan 2016
- Brain Studio Winter Open 2015 · 25 Dec 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- SCMU-Pune Fall Open V3.0 2015 · 13 Dec 2015
- Waves Cube Challenge 2015 · 8 Nov 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Brain Studio Cube Open 2015 · 29 Aug 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Brain Studio Cube Open 2014 · 15 Nov 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Excellite Cube Open 2014 · 22 Jun 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- Pantheon Cube Open 2014 · 12 Apr 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Prasadz ICC Juniors 2013 · 16 Nov 2013 — 3 personal bests set
- VIT Rubik's Challenge 2013 · 28 Sep 2013 — 5 personal bests set
- Indian Cube Challenge 2013 · 19 Jul 2013 — 4 personal bests set
- Techfest Cube Mania 2013 · 3 Jan 2013
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.
- Akula Pavan Kumar — met in 75 rounds, finished ahead 33 times
- Bhargav Narasimhan — met in 69 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Kevin Matthews — met in 61 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.09 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.09 away.
Targets move as he improves.