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Rudra Kailash Saini
2×2 · top 6.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since February 2025 · 2025SAIN03
Rudra Kailash Saini has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.21, set at Mumbai Cubing Sprint 2026, puts him in the top 6.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 486th in India. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since February 2025, he has put 142 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.65 in February 2025 to 9.60, an 18% improvement. Rudra has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% 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 | 2.21 | 3.36 | top 6.3% | 486 / 12,146 | |
| 3×3 | 9.60 | 12.00 | top 6.4% | 673 / 20,018 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.20 | 8.60 | top 14.4% | 833 / 8,934 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.78 | 27.19 | top 30.9% | 1,137 / 4,516 | |
| 4×4 | 1:15.80 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,755 / 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
- 5 Apr 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.60 at Korum Cube Challenge 2025.
- 5 Apr 2025Three personal bests in one day at Korum Cube Challenge 2025.
- 15 Feb 2025First competition: Mumbai Cube Challenge 2025. A 12.59 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Mumbai Cubing Sprint 2026 · 25 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Mumbai Cubing Heat Wave 2025 · 24 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Korum Cube Challenge 2025 · 5 Apr 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Saraswati College Cube Open 2025 · 29 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Mumbai Cube Challenge 2025 · 15 Feb 2025 — 2 personal bests set
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.
- Shubham Maharana — met in 29 rounds, never finished ahead
- Imaad Sohel Ajani — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Advay Kapil Suvarna — met in 24 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.21 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.60 away.
Targets move as he improves.