People · India
Tanay Verma
2×2 · top 7.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since December 2024 · 2024VERM16
Tanay Verma has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.31, set at Indian Cube Challenge BLR 2026, puts him in the top 7.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 557th in India. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since December 2024, he has put 33 official solves on the record across three events. His 2×2 best has come down from 7.13 in December 2024 to 2.31, a 68% improvement. Tanay has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% 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 | 2.31 | 5.40 | top 7.1% | 557 / 12,146 | |
| 3×3 | 20.90 | 23.61 | top 42.5% | 6,080 / 20,018 | |
| Pyraminx | 27.11 | — | top 97.6% | 8,387 / 8,934 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 29 Jun 2025First sub-30 3×3: 28.17 at Galleria Bangalore Cube Open B 2025.
- 21 Dec 2024First competition: Bangalore Cube Open 2024. A 30.47 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Indian Cube Challenge BLR 2026 · 27 Jun 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Galleria Bangalore Cube Open B 2025 · 29 Jun 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Bangalore Cube Open 2024 · 21 Dec 2024
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.
- Sankerthana K — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Naren Ramesh — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead
- Krishanth Thangarathan — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.31 away.
- A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 0.90 away.
Targets move as he improves.