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Likhith Siddhartha Kathula

5×5 · top 3.7% of 40,792 all-time · competing since November 2022 · 2022KLIK02

Likhith Siddhartha Kathula has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 5×5: a personal-best single of 55.94, set at Twist 'n Turn Hyd Open 2026, puts him in the top 3.7% of the 40,792 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 37th in India. Until April 2012, no official 5×5 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since November 2022, he has put 537 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 77% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.19 in November 2022 to 9.53, a 66% improvement. Likhith has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

5×5
best event — top 3.7% of 40,792 all-time
55.94
signature single · Twist 'n Turn Hyd Open 2026
537
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 77% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
5×555.9459.56
top 3.7%37 / 1,525
4×432.2137.52
top 4.3%105 / 4,186
6×61:44.141:49.87
top 5.2%21 / 531
3×39.5311.50
top 6.2%653 / 20,018
7×72:50.763:01.19
top 8.1%28 / 360
2×23.044.57
top 14.7%1,213 / 12,146
Pyraminx5.8812.89
top 19.1%1,144 / 8,934
3×3 one-handed26.2229.59
top 37.4%1,348 / 4,516
3×3 Fewest Moves39 moves—
early days — 2 solves203 / 600
Megaminx2:21.23—
early days — 3 solves660 / 1,443
Skewb15.5919.63
top 80.1%2,445 / 3,524
Square-156.69—
early days — 1 solve583 / 805

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 ATMOSphere 2022: 28.19DC Open April Saturday 2023: 10.56Hyderabad Cube Open 2023: 11.08Ankuram Open Sunday 2023: 9.53Cubing ATMOSphere 2023: 11.14DC Winter Open 2024: 11.06DC Open July Hyderabad Saturday 2024: 11.29Telangana Cube Championship 2024: 10.57South India Cube Championship 2025: 10.24Twist 'n Turn Hyd Open 2026: 11.559.5328.1926 Nov 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-50 5×5 single — 713 people have one; it is 5.94 away.
  • A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 2.21 away.

Targets move as he improves.