People · India
Tanishq Gawai
3×3 · top 4.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2024 · 2024GAWA01
Tanishq Gawai has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.97, set at Cubing Returns Nagpur 2025, puts him in the top 4.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 485th in India. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since January 2024, he has put 27 official solves on the record across one event. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.17 in January 2024 to 8.97, a 37% improvement. Tanishq has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | India | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.97 | 13.32 | top 4.8% | 485 / 20,018 |
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
- 16 Feb 2025First sub-10 3×3: 8.97 at Cubing Returns Nagpur 2025.
- 13 Jan 2024First competition: IISER Pune Winter Open 2024. A 14.17 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- IISER Pune Summer Open 2025 · 5 Apr 2025
- Cubing Returns Nagpur 2025 · 16 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Pune Cube Carnival 2024 · 5 Oct 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- IISER Pune Winter Open 2024 · 13 Jan 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.
- Pranav Dandgaval — met in 6 rounds, never finished ahead
- Dhruv Ambastha — met in 4 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Shreya Hajra — met in 4 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.97 away.
Targets move as he improves.