People · India
N Ashwin
2×2 · top 6.6% of 186,767 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 6.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 511th in India. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since February 2023, he has put 363 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 35,811 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 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% 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 | 2.25 | 3.35 | top 6.6% | 511 / 12,146 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.80 | 5.31 | top 6.7% | 385 / 8,934 | |
| 3×3 | 11.83 | 14.06 | top 13.3% | 1,590 / 20,018 | |
| Square-1 | 19.61 | 22.19 | top 27.1% | 174 / 805 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.69 | 28.42 | top 27.9% | 1,003 / 4,516 | |
| 4×4 | 55.00 | 1:09.43 | top 30.7% | 941 / 4,186 | |
| Skewb | 7.19 | 12.03 | top 35.1% | 995 / 3,524 | |
| Clock | 13.38 | 14.66 | top 41.2% | 347 / 1,092 | |
| 5×5 | 1:56.12 | 2:20.39 | top 46.8% | 603 / 1,525 | |
| Megaminx | 2:14.11 | — | top 53.3% | 615 / 1,443 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 43 moves | — | early days — 2 solves | 298 / 600 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 6:02.05 | — | early days — 3 solves | 483 / 598 |
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
- 11 Jan 2025Three personal bests in one day at Back to Cubing Madras 2025.
- 11 May 2024Four personal bests in one day at Salem Summer Open 2024.
- 26 Jan 2024Three personal bests in one day at CMI Tessellate Cube Open 2024.
- 30 Sep 2023First sub-15 3×3: 13.74 at Kumaraguru Cube Open 2023.
- 30 Sep 2023Five personal bests in one day at Kumaraguru Cube Open 2023.
- 23 Sep 2023Three personal bests in one day at SSN Cube Saturday 2023.
Competitions
- Cubing at Sri Eshwar Coimbatore 2026 · 26 Jul 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Weekend Cubing Hunt at Coimbatore 2026 · 25 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Rockfort City Cubing Challenge 2026 · 13 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- SSN Cube Open 2025 · 8 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Back to Cubing Madras 2025 · 11 Jan 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Salem Summer Open 2024 · 11 May 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Rajalakshmi Engineering College Cube Open 2024 · 17 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- CMI Tessellate Cube Open 2024 · 26 Jan 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- NIT Trichy Cube Open 2023 · 5 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Kumaraguru Cube Open 2023 · 30 Sep 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- SSN Cube Saturday 2023 · 23 Sep 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- MCC Cube Open 2023 · 19 Mar 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- CMI Tessellate Cube Open 2023 · 4 Feb 2023
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.
- Arun Kannan — met in 68 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
- Sanjay Kumar — met in 62 rounds, finished ahead 48 times
- Mohamed Arif — met in 61 rounds, finished ahead 25 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.25 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.80 away.
Targets move as he improves.