Sunday 6 September 2026 Rebuilt nightly from the WCA's official results · export of 6 September 2026 · About
The Middle Three
People → India → Tanay Kapadia

People · India

Tanay Kapadia

2×2 · top 7.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2018 · 2018KAPA01

Tanay Kapadia has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.34, set at Tesseract Open 2019, puts him in the top 7.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 585th in India. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since May 2018, he has put 143 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 84% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.68 in May 2018 to 13.26, a 46% improvement. Tanay has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 7.4% of 186,767 all-time
2.34
signature single · Tesseract Open 2019
143
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 84% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
2×22.344.87
top 7.4%585 / 12,146
Pyraminx5.107.06
top 13.8%802 / 8,934
3×313.2615.22
top 18.3%2,296 / 20,018
4×456.421:50.50
top 32.4%994 / 4,186
3×3 one-handed31.8635.02
top 50.9%1,954 / 4,516
3×3 Fewest Moves45 moves
early days — 1 solve333 / 600

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

Indian Nationals 2018: 24.68Cube Fiesta Surat 2018: 22.63Caarn Ahmedabad Cube Open 2018: 23.21RGIT Cube Open 2019: 13.76Cube Fiesta Surat 2019: 14.51Tesseract Open 2019: 13.26Cube Fiesta Surat 2023: 19.6313.2624.6825 May 201822 Jan 2023

Best single per competition, 3×3. 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.

Next targets

  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.34 away.
  • A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.10 away.

Targets move as he improves.