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N Ashwin

2×2 · top 6.7% of 189,179 all-time · competing since February 2023 · 2023ASHW01

N Ashwin has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.25, set at Back to Cubing Madras 2025, puts him in the top 6.7% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 523rd in India. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since February 2023, he has put 365 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 94% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.45 in February 2023 to 11.83, a 39% improvement. N has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 6.7% of 189,179 all-time
2.25
signature single · Back to Cubing Madras 2025
365
official solves on the record
10%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 94% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
2×22.253.35
top 6.7%523 / 12,225
Pyraminx3.805.31
top 6.7%385 / 8,971
3×311.8314.06
top 13.4%1,608 / 20,146
Square-119.6122.19
top 27.1%181 / 813
3×3 one-handed22.6928.42
top 28.0%1,010 / 4,534
4×455.001:09.43
top 30.8%958 / 4,220
Skewb7.1912.03
top 35.2%1,011 / 3,548
Clock13.3814.66
top 41.2%353 / 1,109
5×51:56.122:20.39
top 46.9%609 / 1,537
Megaminx2:14.11—
top 53.4%628 / 1,458
3×3 Fewest Moves43 moves—
top 59.1%304 / 612
3×3 blindfolded6:02.05—
early days — 3 solves490 / 605

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

CMI Tessellate Cube Open 2023: 19.45MCC Cube Open 2023: 17.80SSN Cube Saturday 2023: 15.32Kumaraguru Cube Open 2023: 13.74NIT Trichy Cube Open 2023: 14.51CMI Tessellate Cube Open 2024: 13.73Rajalakshmi Engineering College Cube Open 2024: 14.72Salem Summer Open 2024: 12.39Back to Cubing Madras 2025: 13.98SSN Cube Open 2025: 12.64Rockfort City Cubing Challenge 2026: 13.90Weekend Cubing Hunt at Coimbatore 2026: 12.77Cubing at Sri Eshwar Coimbatore 2026: 11.8311.8319.454 Feb 202326 Jul 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-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.25 away.
  • A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,783 people have one; it is 0.80 away.

Targets move as he improves.