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Vankayala Raghuram

2×2 · top 5.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2016 · 2016RAGH03

Vankayala Raghuram has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.05, set at Cubing For LLS Summer 2019, puts him in the top 5.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 386th in India. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since March 2016, he has put 569 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 85% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 36.07 in March 2016 to 9.96, a 72% improvement. Vankayala has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 5.1% of 186,767 all-time
2.05
signature single · Cubing For LLS Summer 2019
569
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 85% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
2×22.054.63
top 5.1%386 / 12,146
7×72:45.663:04.32
top 6.7%22 / 360
3×39.9612.37
top 7.3%806 / 20,018
5×51:04.361:10.39
top 8.0%93 / 1,525
6×61:52.181:58.13
top 8.0%36 / 531
4×438.6444.20
top 10.5%282 / 4,186
Skewb4.235.96
top 12.5%331 / 3,524
3×3 one-handed19.4225.34
top 19.0%669 / 4,516
Pyraminx7.6911.48
top 33.6%2,123 / 8,934
Square-124.6941.14
top 38.5%265 / 805
Megaminx1:51.562:07.11
top 41.2%453 / 1,443
3×3 Fewest Moves46 moves—
early days — 3 solves357 / 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

Resonance V8.0 Cube Open 2016: 36.07CEIC Masterda Open 2016: 24.41Cubers East India Open 2017: 15.40City of Joy Open 2017: 14.81Geethanjali Cube Open 2019: 13.17Cubing For LLS Summer 2019: 12.69Hyderabad Summer Open 2022: 11.22DC Open Hyderabad 2024: 9.96AMR Planet Cube Open 2025: 11.63South India Cube Championship 2025: 11.399.9636.076 Mar 201614 Aug 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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.05 away.
  • A sub-2:00 7×7 single — 83 people have one; it is 45.66 away.

Targets move as he improves.