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Taj Kapoor
3×3 · top 9.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2019 · 2019KAPO01
Taj Kapoor has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.71, set at UCLA Spring 2026, puts him in the top 9.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,221st in the United States. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since January 2019, he has put 81 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 89% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.51 in January 2019 to 10.71, a 52% improvement. Taj has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.71 | 13.71 | top 9.6% | 5,221 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 3.55 | 5.12 | top 20.8% | 8,171 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 1:08.90 | 1:13.33 | top 45.8% | 7,611 / 19,072 | |
| Pyraminx | 11.87 | 24.51 | top 66.4% | 19,633 / 28,708 |
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
- 15 Jun 2024Three personal bests in one day at Agoura Cubing Returns 2024.
- 25 Jan 2020First sub-15 3×3: 12.43 at West LA Winter 2020.
- 30 Mar 2019First sub-20 3×3: 17.20 at Thousand Oaks Cubing Open 2019.
- 12 Jan 2019First competition: Another Bruin Cube Day 2019. A 22.51 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- UCLA Spring 2026 · 15 Feb 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Agoura Cubing Returns 2024 · 15 Jun 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Los Angeles Newcomers 2024 · 30 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- West LA Winter 2020 · 25 Jan 2020 — 1 personal best set
- Thousand Oaks Cubing Open 2019 · 30 Mar 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Another Bruin Cube Day 2019 · 12 Jan 2019
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.
- Noah Ngo — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Matthew Dickman — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Shane Grogan — met in 13 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.71 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.55 away.
Targets move as he improves.