People · India
Shourya Upadhyay
4×4 · top 6.1% of 83,917 all-time · competing since October 2018 · 2018UPAD02
Shourya Upadhyay has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 34.32, set at VIT Cube Open 2025, puts him in the top 6.1% of the 83,917 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 158th in India. Until November 2010, no official 4×4 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since October 2018, he has put 294 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 72% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 30.61 in October 2018 to 9.80, a 68% improvement. Shourya has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | India | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4×4 | 34.32 | 49.88 | top 6.1% | 158 / 4,186 | |
| 3×3 | 9.80 | 11.95 | top 6.9% | 737 / 20,018 | |
| 2×2 | 2.55 | 3.43 | top 9.4% | 756 / 12,146 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.54 | 7.11 | top 10.5% | 602 / 8,934 | |
| Skewb | 4.31 | 6.27 | top 13.1% | 349 / 3,524 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.25 | 24.27 | top 26.7% | 965 / 4,516 | |
| 5×5 | 2:03.33 | 2:22.16 | top 51.3% | 666 / 1,525 | |
| Square-1 | 38.39 | 47.86 | top 63.3% | 453 / 805 | |
| Clock | 21.17 | 23.79 | top 68.0% | 612 / 1,092 |
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
- 21 Jan 2024Three personal bests in one day at Cubing Returns Raipur 2024.
- 9 Apr 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.80 at Cubing Returns Raipur 2022.
- 9 Apr 2022Five personal bests in one day at Cubing Returns Raipur 2022.
- 14 Dec 2019Three personal bests in one day at Raipur Cube Carnival 2019.
- 11 Aug 2019Four personal bests in one day at Independence Cube Open 2019.
- 12 May 2019First sub-15 3×3: 13.65 at Raipur Summer Cube Open 2019.
Competitions
- VIT Cube Open 2025 · 13 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing Returns Raipur 2024 · 21 Jan 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubing Returns Raipur 2022 · 9 Apr 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Raipur Cube Carnival 2019 · 14 Dec 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Independence Cube Open 2019 · 11 Aug 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Raipur Summer Cube Open 2019 · 12 May 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Raipur Winter Cube Challenge 2018 · 30 Dec 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Raipur Cube Championship 2018 · 14 Oct 2018
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.
- Gaurav Kumar — met in 46 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Gaurav Bachani — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Aditya Mishra — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
Next targets
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 4.32 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.80 away.
Targets move as he improves.