People · India
Neil Santosh Yadav
2×2 · top 36.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2019 · 2019YADA04
Neil Santosh Yadav has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 4.80, set at Surge SNU Cube Open 2025, puts him in the top 36.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,375th in India. Across 12 competitions since April 2019, he has put 144 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 53.13 in April 2019 to 4.80, a 91% improvement. Neil has entered twelve 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 | 4.80 | 10.43 | top 36.8% | 3,375 / 12,146 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.33 | 11.93 | top 39.1% | 2,506 / 8,934 | |
| 3×3 | 27.43 | 32.95 | top 57.7% | 8,955 / 20,018 | |
| Skewb | 20.23 | 32.76 | top 90.0% | 2,849 / 3,524 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 28 Mar 2026First sub-30 3×3: 27.43 at Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 2026.
- 30 Aug 2025First sub-60 3×3: 40.18 at Speedcubing Delhi ESYA 2025.
- 30 Aug 2025Three personal bests in one day at Speedcubing Delhi ESYA 2025.
- 18 Mar 2023Three personal bests in one day at Synocubix 2023.
- 11 Apr 2019First competition: Indian Nationals 2019.
Competitions
- Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 2026 · 28 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Don't Pause in Delhi 2026 · 4 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Noida Winter Cube Open 2025 · 14 Dec 2025
- Delhi Cube Challenge 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Surge SNU Cube Open 2025 · 25 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Delhi Autumn Showdown 2025 · 12 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Speedcubing Delhi ESYA 2025 · 30 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Amalthea Cube Open 2024 · 10 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Synocubix 2023 · 18 Mar 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Cube Fiesta Surat 2019 · 30 Jun 2019 — 1 personal best set
- PDPU Open 2019 · 20 Apr 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Indian Nationals 2019 · 11 Apr 2019
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.
- Ananthan Rajiv — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead once
- Aniket Ahuja — met in 23 rounds, never finished ahead
- Aryan Malhotra — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.80 away.
- A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 46,752 people have one; it is 0.33 away.
Targets move as he improves.