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Rahul Kulkarni

2×2 · top 0.47% of 186,767 all-time · competing since December 2015 · 2015KULK06

Rahul Kulkarni has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.95, set at Surat Cube Open 2026, puts him in the top 0.47% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 24th in India. Until November 2011, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 32 competitions since December 2015, he has put 1,592 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 58% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 7.29 in December 2015 to 0.95, an 87% improvement. Rahul has entered 32 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.47% of 186,767 all-time
0.95
signature single · Surat Cube Open 2026
1,592
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 58% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
2×20.952.13
top 0.47%24 / 12,146
Pyraminx3.005.15
top 3.6%211 / 8,934
3×38.9110.78
top 4.7%466 / 20,018
Skewb3.004.90
top 5.0%117 / 3,524
Clock5.737.12
top 6.4%51 / 1,092
Square-110.8713.70
top 7.7%42 / 805
3×3 one-handed18.3819.64
top 16.1%543 / 4,516
4×449.6357.18
top 24.2%709 / 4,186
Megaminx1:53.052:09.92
top 42.1%465 / 1,443
3×3 Fewest Moves50 moves—
early days — 3 solves436 / 600
5×53:18.21—
early days — 2 solves1,158 / 1,525

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

Rubik's Cube Mumbai Open 2015: 7.29SCMU Open 2016: 5.43SCMU 2016: 4.32KJSCE Mumbai Open 2016: 4.42Rubik's Cube Pune Open 2016: 2.54Maharashtra Championship 2016: 4.04Rubik's Cube Mumbai Open 2016: 2.90Indian Nationals 2017: 2.93Cerulean 2017: 2.29SCMU 2017: 1.72Avenues Rubik's Cube Open 2017: 2.11Rubik's Cube Mumbai Open 2017: 1.38Udaan Rubik's Cube Open 2018: 1.99RGIT Cube Open 2018: 1.84Indian Nationals 2018: 1.66Phoenix Cube Championship 2018: 1.39Pune Cube Open 2018: 1.61KJSCE Mumbai Open 2018: 1.39Oculus Cube Open 2019: 1.54Saraswati Open 2019: 2.04Indian Nationals 2019: 2.01VES Cube Open 2019: 1.81DSK Pune Cube Open 2019: 2.13Mumbai Cubing Sprint 2026: 2.24Surat Cube Open 2026: 0.95Mumbai Twistathon 2026: 1.55Mumbai Monsoon Mayhem 2026: 2.12Mumbai Monsoon Cube Fiesta 2026: 2.730.957.2926 Dec 20159 Aug 2026

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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.

  • Nikhil Soares — met in 277 rounds, finished ahead 63 times
  • Aniket Das — met in 217 rounds, finished ahead 69 times
  • Alaik Bhatia — met in 206 rounds, finished ahead 83 times

Next targets

  • A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 1.00 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.91 away.

Targets move as he improves.