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Thabares Nazeer Basha
Pyraminx · top 3.5% of 129,321 all-time · competing since September 2013 · 2013BASH02
Thabares Nazeer Basha has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.95, set at Cubing Kerala Alappey Open 2017, puts him in the top 3.5% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 197th in India. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 37 competitions since September 2013, he has put 709 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 74% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His Pyraminx best has come down from 14.07 in January 2014 to 2.95, a 79% improvement. Thabares has entered 37 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | India | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 2.95 | 3.94 | top 3.5% | 197 / 8,934 | |
| Skewb | 5.83 | 12.40 | top 24.4% | 674 / 3,524 | |
| 3×3 | 18.31 | 21.83 | top 35.0% | 4,842 / 20,018 | |
| 2×2 | 4.74 | 8.69 | top 36.0% | 3,285 / 12,146 | |
| Megaminx | 1:56.47 | 2:04.67 | top 43.9% | 492 / 1,443 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 32.57 | 42.66 | top 52.4% | 2,023 / 4,516 | |
| 4×4 | 1:21.48 | 1:34.70 | top 57.1% | 1,964 / 4,186 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 54 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 483 / 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
Best single per competition, Pyraminx. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 26 Oct 2025First sub-20 3×3: 18.31 at VR Bengaluru Cube Open A 2025.
- 26 Nov 2017Three personal bests in one day at Grand Cube Open 2017.
- 26 Sep 2014First sub-30 3×3: 26.66 at VIT Rubiks Cube Challenge 2014.
- 26 Sep 2014Three personal bests in one day at VIT Rubiks Cube Challenge 2014.
- 15 Feb 2014First sub-60 3×3: 51.56 at Carte Blanche Kube Open 2014.
- 28 Sep 2013First competition: VIT Rubik's Challenge 2013. A 1:09.43 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- VR Bengaluru Cube Open A 2025 · 26 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- VIT Cube Open 2025 · 13 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Galleria Bangalore Cube Open A 2025 · 28 Jun 2025
- Bangalore Cube Open 2025 · 18 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Anna Kalyanam in Jolarpet 2025 · 15 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- CMI Tessellate Cube Open 2023 · 4 Feb 2023
- Chennai Cubing Club Meetup 2023 · 4 Feb 2023
- SSN Cube Open 2019 · 27 Jul 2019
- Anaadyanta Cube Open 2019 · 8 Mar 2019
- Carte Blanche Kube Open 2019 · 2 Mar 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Phoenix C3 Open 2018 · 1 Dec 2018
- Gravitas Cube Open 2018 · 13 Oct 2018
- Tathva Cube Open 2018 · 13 Oct 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Anokha Cubing Royale 2018 · 24 Feb 2018
- Grand Cube Open 2017 · 26 Nov 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- VIT Rubik's Cube Challenge 2017 · 22 Sep 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Bit Cube Open 2017 · 9 Sep 2017 — 1 personal best set
- SSN Cube Open 2017 · 28 Jul 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing Kerala Alappey Open 2017 · 8 Jul 2017 — 1 personal best set
- SRM Cube Open 2017 · 26 Mar 2017
- Anokha Cubing Royale 2017 · 3 Mar 2017
- Shaastra Cube Open 2017 · 31 Dec 2016
- Tathva Cube Open 2016 · 22 Oct 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing ATMOSphere 2016 · 15 Oct 2016
- VIT Rubik's Cube Challenge 2016 · 24 Sep 2016
- SSN Cube Open 2016 · 5 Aug 2016
- Shaastra Cube Open 2016 · 23 Jan 2016
- REC Cube Challenge 2015 · 2 Oct 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Indian Nationals 2015 · 29 May 2015
- REC Cube Open 2015 · 21 Mar 2015 — 1 personal best set
- VIT Rubiks Cube Challenge 2014 · 26 Sep 2014 — 3 personal bests set
- Indian Cube Challenge 2014 · 15 Aug 2014 — 1 personal best set
- CMI Fiesta Open 2014 · 21 Mar 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Pragyan Cube Open 2014 · 8 Mar 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Carte Blanche Kube Open 2014 · 15 Feb 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- Shaastra Cube Open 2014 · 4 Jan 2014
- VIT Rubik's Challenge 2013 · 28 Sep 2013
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.
- Sachin Arvind — met in 90 rounds, finished ahead 27 times
- Arun Kannan — met in 87 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
- Hari Anirudh — met in 76 rounds, finished ahead 21 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.95 away.
- A sub-5 Skewb single — 13,285 people have one; it is 0.83 away.
Targets move as he improves.