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Machavaram Venkata Siddha Niteesh Kumar
2×2 · top 1.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2025 · 2025KUMA31
Machavaram Venkata Siddha Niteesh Kumar has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.19, set at Twist 'n Turn Hyd Open 2026, puts him in the top 1.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 64th in India. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since August 2025, he has put 89 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His Skewb best has come down from 5.84 in August 2025 to 3.48, a 40% improvement. Machavaram has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% 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 | 1.19 | 3.24 | top 1.0% | 64 / 12,146 | |
| 3×3 | 7.69 | 11.34 | top 2.3% | 214 / 20,018 | |
| Skewb | 3.48 | 4.35 | top 7.6% | 185 / 3,524 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.11 | 9.59 | top 37.1% | 2,366 / 8,934 |
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, Skewb. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 29 Aug 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.36 at Twist 'n Turn Hyd Open 2026.
- 29 Aug 2026Six personal bests in one day at Twist 'n Turn Hyd Open 2026.
- 7 Mar 2026Four personal bests in one day at DC Hyderabad Open March A 2026.
- 14 Aug 2025First competition: South India Cube Championship 2025. A 14.30 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Twist 'n Turn Hyd Open 2026 · 29 Aug 2026 — 6 personal bests set
- DC Hyderabad Open March A 2026 · 7 Mar 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- South India Cube Championship 2025 · 14 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Abhijeet Ghodgaonkar (अभिजीत घोडगावकर) — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Abhilash Kasina — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Trishan Reddy Katamreddy — met in 13 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.19 away.
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.69 away.
Targets move as he improves.