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Varun Kiran Kumar
3×3 · top 5.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2026 · 2026KUMA14
Varun Kiran Kumar has been competing for 2 months. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.41, set at Indian Cube Challenge BLR 2026, puts him in the top 5.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 617th in India. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 1 competition since June 2026, he has put 30 official solves on the record across five events.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | India | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.41 | 10.74 | top 5.9% | 617 / 20,018 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.43 | 25.07 | top 29.9% | 1,090 / 4,516 | |
| 2×2 | 5.22 | 5.80 | top 42.1% | 3,928 / 12,146 | |
| 4×4 | 1:06.99 | 1:13.25 | top 44.0% | 1,440 / 4,186 | |
| 5×5 | 2:45.16 | — | early days — 2 solves | 983 / 1,525 |
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 story so far
- 27 Jun 2026First competition: Indian Cube Challenge BLR 2026. A 9.89 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Indian Cube Challenge BLR 2026 · 27 Jun 2026 — 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.
- Vimal Adit — met in 7 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Aadhiran Thangarathan — met in 7 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Aarush Vasanadu — met in 7 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.41 away.
- A sub-20 3×3 one-handed single — 15,081 people have one; it is 3.43 away.
Targets move as he improves.