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Tanmay Katekar
3×3 · top 1.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2023 · 2023KATE02
Tanmay Katekar has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.85, set at DFW Cubing Summer 2025, puts him in the top 1.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 107th in India. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since August 2023, he has put 444 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 73% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.60 in August 2023 to 6.85, a 50% improvement. Tanmay has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% 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 | 6.85 | 10.81 | top 1.2% | 107 / 20,018 | |
| 2×2 | 1.38 | 3.95 | top 1.6% | 118 / 12,146 | |
| Skewb | 3.61 | 5.16 | top 8.4% | 213 / 3,524 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.07 | 9.42 | top 13.6% | 792 / 8,934 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.91 | 21.61 | top 14.8% | 510 / 4,516 | |
| 4×4 | 45.13 | 52.80 | top 18.5% | 509 / 4,186 | |
| Clock | 14.99 | 18.73 | top 47.9% | 403 / 1,092 | |
| 5×5 | 2:24.37 | 2:42.15 | top 63.2% | 823 / 1,525 | |
| Square-1 | 42.49 | 1:13.70 | top 68.4% | 484 / 805 |
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
- 28 Mar 2026Four personal bests in one day at DFW Cubing Spring 2026.
- 21 Jun 2025First sub-10 3×3: 6.85 at DFW Cubing Summer 2025.
- 21 Jun 2025Three personal bests in one day at DFW Cubing Summer 2025.
- 1 Mar 2025Three personal bests in one day at Cube Against Cancer DFW 2025.
- 16 Mar 2024Three personal bests in one day at DFW Megacomp 2024.
- 26 Aug 2023First competition: Pretzel Mania Dallas 2023. A 14.31 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- DFW Cubing Summer 2026 · 29 Aug 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- DFW Cubing Spring 2026 · 28 Mar 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- DFW Favorites 2026 · 7 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- DFW Cubing Winter 2026 · 3 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- DFW Cubing Summer 2025 · 21 Jun 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Cube Against Cancer DFW 2025 · 1 Mar 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- DFW Cubing Winter 2025 · 19 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Bangalore Cube Fest B 2024 · 29 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- DFW Megacomp 2024 · 16 Mar 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- DFW Cubing Winter 2024 · 3 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Longhorn Cube Day 2023 · 28 Oct 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Pretzel Mania Dallas 2023 · 26 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Ryan Pilat — met in 84 rounds, finished ahead once
- Denniel Santos — met in 82 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- John Wanger II — met in 75 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.85 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.38 away.
Targets move as he improves.