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Vaishakh Kargudri

3×3 one-handed · top 2.0% of 73,695 all-time · competing since March 2017 · 2017KARG01

Vaishakh Kargudri has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 11.12, set at Pune Cube Fiesta 2023, puts him in the top 2.0% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 54th in India. Until July 2011, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 20 competitions since March 2017, he has put 769 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 65% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.52 in March 2017 to 9.16, a 65% improvement. Vaishakh has entered 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 one-handed
best event — top 2.0% of 73,695 all-time
11.12
signature single · Pune Cube Fiesta 2023
769
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 65% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
3×3 one-handed11.1215.33
top 2.0%54 / 4,516
3×39.1610.35
top 5.2%558 / 20,018
Pyraminx4.187.49
top 8.6%494 / 8,934
Skewb3.795.15
top 9.5%247 / 3,524
4×439.3950.08
top 11.4%311 / 4,186
2×23.114.05
top 15.5%1,286 / 12,146
5×51:34.991:54.15
top 31.5%382 / 1,525
Megaminx1:37.141:45.59
top 32.8%346 / 1,443
Square-122.9731.10
top 34.6%231 / 805
3×3 Fewest Moves40 moves40.67
top 48.3%225 / 600
Clock20.4223.78
top 65.9%588 / 1,092
6×64:57.825:12.55
early days — 3 solves423 / 531
3×3 blindfolded5:32.196:28.25
top 83.6%459 / 598
7×77:44.00—
early days — 1 solve308 / 360

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

SCMU ICT Open 2017: 26.52Mumbai Monsoon Open 2017: 16.27Versatile Cube Open 2018: 14.88Indian Nationals 2018: 12.12RGIT Cube Open 2019: 12.30VES Cube Open 2019: 10.72WCA World Championship 2019: 9.70DY Patil Cube Open 2020: 12.18IISER Pune Cube Open 2022: 9.64Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022: 9.77DSK Cube Open 2023: 9.21Oculus Cube Open 2023: 10.09IISER Pune Summer Open 2023: 9.48Pavillion Cube Open 2023: 9.73Pune Cube Fiesta 2023: 9.46IISER Pune Winter Open 2024: 10.71Pune Unscrambled 2024: 9.37IISER Pune Autumn Open 2024: 9.38IISER Pune Summer Open 2025: 9.169.1626.5218 Mar 20175 Apr 2025

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-10 3×3 one-handed single — 779 people have one; it is 1.12 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.16 away.

Targets move as he improves.