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Niranjan Karthikeyan
3×3 · top 40.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2025 · 2025KART17
Niranjan Karthikeyan has been competing for 11 months. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 20.34, set at Cubing at Sri Eshwar Coimbatore 2026, puts him in the top 40.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,808th in India. Across 2 competitions since October 2025, he has put 16 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.51 in October 2025 to 20.34, a 23% improvement. Niranjan has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | India | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 20.34 | 24.89 | top 40.9% | 5,808 / 20,018 | |
| 2×2 | 7.59 | 9.36 | top 65.0% | 6,584 / 12,146 | |
| 4×4 | 2:40.83 | — | early days — 1 solve | 3,636 / 4,186 |
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 Oct 2025First competition: Kumaraguru Cube Open 2025. A 26.51 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- 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 4 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Sanjai Senthilkumar — met in 4 rounds, finished ahead once
- Arun Kannan — met in 4 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 0.34 away.
- A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 1.59 away.
Targets move as he improves.