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Utkarsh Ashar

3×3 · top 2.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2017 · 2017ASHA01

Utkarsh Ashar has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.51, set at Mumbai Cube Fiesta 2026, puts him in the top 2.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 181st in India. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 20 competitions since December 2017, he has put 868 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 88% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.59 in December 2017 to 7.51, a 69% improvement. Utkarsh has entered 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 2.0% of 284,439 all-time
7.51
signature single · Mumbai Cube Fiesta 2026
868
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 88% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
3×37.519.43
top 2.0%181 / 20,018
Pyraminx2.445.82
top 2.1%107 / 8,934
3×3 one-handed12.4117.64
top 3.6%107 / 4,516
Skewb2.766.96
top 3.9%80 / 3,524
4×433.9240.34
top 5.8%149 / 4,186
2×22.322.81
top 7.2%560 / 12,146
5×51:08.571:22.69
top 10.6%121 / 1,525
Megaminx1:25.471:34.29
top 25.2%248 / 1,443
6×63:05.593:29.66
top 43.7%188 / 531
7×76:02.09—
top 68.2%234 / 360
Square-143.25—
top 69.1%490 / 805
3×3 blindfolded5:58.25—
early days — 3 solves481 / 598
3×3 Fewest Moves57 moves—
early days — 1 solve515 / 600
Clock38.87—
early days — 3 solves955 / 1,092

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

Rubik's Cube Mumbai Open 2017: 24.59Indian Nationals 2018: 16.35VJTI Mumbai Cube Open 2018: 11.22Oculus Cube Open 2019: 11.85Dream City Cube Open 2019: 11.51Growel's 101 Cube Open 2023: 9.89DJ Sanghvi Cube Open 2024: 8.73Oculus Cube Open 2024: 8.75Korum Cube Challenge 2024: 8.95Mumbai Cubing Sprint 2024: 9.22DJSCE Cube Open 2025: 7.75Korum Cube Challenge 2025: 8.53Mumbai Twistathon 2025: 8.35SVNIT Cube Open 2026: 7.58Mumbai Cube Fiesta 2026: 7.51Mumbai Summer Cube Fiesta 2026: 8.68Mumbai Cubing Sprint 2026: 9.58Mumbai Twistathon 2026: 10.12Mumbai Monsoon Cube Fiesta 2026: 8.647.5124.5926 Dec 20179 Aug 2026

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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.51 away.
  • A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.44 away.

Targets move as he improves.