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Madhav Ambadi
2×2 · top 4.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since December 2022 · 2022AMBA04
Madhav Ambadi has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.00, set at Raha Open 2023, puts him in the top 4.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 348th in India. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since December 2022, he has put 115 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.98 in December 2022 to 11.14, a 55% improvement. Madhav has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% 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 | 2.00 | 4.68 | top 4.7% | 348 / 12,146 | |
| 3×3 | 11.14 | 12.85 | top 10.9% | 1,261 / 20,018 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.74 | 8.69 | top 18.1% | 1,076 / 8,934 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 27.93 | 35.27 | top 41.8% | 1,540 / 4,516 | |
| 4×4 | 1:14.54 | 1:22.53 | top 51.2% | 1,715 / 4,186 |
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
- 3 Feb 2024First sub-15 3×3: 13.69 at Egypt Winter 2024.
- 21 May 2023First sub-20 3×3: 17.79 at Raha Open 2023.
- 16 Dec 2022First competition: Sunmarke Dubai Open 2022. A 24.98 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- DIA EH Cube for Change Dubai A 2026 · 31 Jan 2026
- Malabar Cubing Clash 2025 · 26 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Raffles World Academy Dubai 2024 · 22 Jun 2024
- Egypt Winter 2024 · 3 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Raha Open 2023 · 21 May 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Sunmarke Dubai Open 2022 · 16 Dec 2022
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.
- Abdallah Belal Omar — met in 13 rounds, never finished ahead
- Armax Zander Guevara — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead once
- John Hermiel Catacutan — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 1.00 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.14 away.
Targets move as he improves.