People · India
Niranjan Karthikeyan
3×3 · top 35.2% of 288,433 all-time · competing since October 2025 · 2025KART17
Niranjan Karthikeyan has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 18.33, set at Indian Elite Championship 2026, puts him in the top 35.2% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,894th in India. Across 3 competitions since October 2025, he has put 25 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.51 in October 2025 to 18.33, a 31% improvement. Niranjan has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | India | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 18.33 | 20.94 | top 35.2% | 4,894 / 20,146 | |
| 2×2 | 6.87 | 8.86 | top 59.4% | 5,948 / 12,225 | |
| 4×4 | 2:40.83 | — | early days — 1 solve | 3,667 / 4,220 |
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
- 2 Oct 2026First sub-20 3×3: 18.33 at Indian Elite Championship 2026.
- 11 Oct 2025First competition: Kumaraguru Cube Open 2025. A 26.51 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Indian Elite Championship 2026 · 2 Oct 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing at Sri Eshwar Coimbatore 2026 · 26 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Kumaraguru Cube Open 2025 · 11 Oct 2025
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.
- Sanjay Kumar — met in 6 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Arun Kannan — met in 6 rounds, never finished ahead
- Santha Ruban — met in 6 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 70,740 people have one; it is 3.33 away.
- A sub-6 2×2 single — 96,384 people have one; it is 0.87 away.
Targets move as he improves.