People · New Zealand
Madhav Kansara
2×2 · top 3.4% of 189,179 all-time · competing since June 2022 · 2022KANS02
Madhav Kansara has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.75, set at Orange 2026, puts him in the top 3.4% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 97th in New Zealand. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since June 2022, he has put 433 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 84% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.17 in June 2022 to 8.37, a 56% improvement. Madhav has entered 17 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 | New Zealand | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.75 | 2.62 | top 3.4% | 97 / 1,627 | |
| 3×3 | 8.37 | 10.02 | top 3.5% | 105 / 2,145 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.35 | 8.22 | top 9.4% | 147 / 1,149 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.65 | 20.56 | top 11.8% | 81 / 607 | |
| 4×4 | 40.61 | 49.17 | top 12.9% | 104 / 745 | |
| Skewb | 4.95 | 10.75 | top 17.8% | 143 / 670 | |
| Square-1 | 23.73 | 30.66 | top 36.4% | 109 / 254 | |
| Megaminx | 2:07.38 | — | top 49.9% | 153 / 284 | |
| 5×5 | 2:08.85 | — | top 54.9% | 194 / 364 | |
| Clock | 37.07 | — | early days — 1 solve | 308 / 319 |
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
- 1 Feb 2026Four personal bests in one day at Tramsheds VIII: Summer Sides 2026.
- 2 Oct 2025Four personal bests in one day at Australian Nationals 2025.
- 26 Apr 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.69 at NSW State Championship 2025.
- 26 Apr 2025Three personal bests in one day at NSW State Championship 2025.
- 11 Jan 2025Three personal bests in one day at Cubing at The Cube 2025.
- 27 Aug 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.05 at Cubing at Tramsheds Sunday 2023.
Competitions
- Sydney Cubing Decathlon 2026 · 2 Oct 2026
- Puzzling Parramatta 2026 · 23 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Orange 2026 · 11 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Tramsheds VIII: Summer Sides 2026 · 1 Feb 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Cubing at The Cube 2026 · 10 Jan 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Tramsheds VII: Spring Sunday 2025 · 9 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Australian Nationals 2025 · 2 Oct 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Tramsheds VI: Winter Saturday 2025 · 23 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- NSW State Championship 2025 · 26 Apr 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Tramsheds IV: Summer Sunday 2025 · 9 Feb 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing at The Cube 2025 · 11 Jan 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Sydney Spring Sunday 2024 · 17 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Sydney Summer 2023 · 16 Dec 2023
- Simple Sydney Sunday 2023 · 10 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing at Tramsheds Sunday 2023 · 27 Aug 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing in the Dilly 2023 · 10 Jun 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- NSW Open 2022 · 11 Jun 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.
- Miles Irwin — met in 79 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Sora Sato — met in 78 rounds, never finished ahead
- Adriel Tsui — met in 74 rounds, finished ahead 43 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.75 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.37 away.
Targets move as he improves.