People · United States
Varun Sai Krothapalli
3×3 · top 8.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2024 · 2024KROT01
Varun Sai Krothapalli has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.30, set at Cube Against Cancer Houston 2025, puts him in the top 8.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,597th in the United States. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since January 2024, he has put 162 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 68% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.55 in January 2024 to 10.30, a 47% improvement. Varun has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.30 | 13.67 | top 8.4% | 4,597 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 3.85 | 5.23 | top 24.6% | 9,640 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 54.28 | 1:00.66 | top 29.9% | 4,683 / 19,072 | |
| Megaminx | 1:47.31 | 2:07.01 | top 38.8% | 2,788 / 7,841 | |
| Skewb | 8.06 | 11.37 | top 41.7% | 7,274 / 18,907 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.66 | 12.26 | top 50.3% | 14,615 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 32.60 | 37.19 | top 52.5% | 7,249 / 15,683 | |
| 5×5 | 2:14.44 | 2:36.35 | top 57.9% | 4,935 / 9,401 | |
| Clock | 19.16 | 21.39 | top 62.2% | 5,263 / 8,927 | |
| Square-1 | 39.87 | 45.88 | top 65.2% | 4,283 / 6,743 |
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, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 18 Apr 2026Four personal bests in one day at Cube Against Cancer Houston 2026.
- 1 Mar 2025Four personal bests in one day at Cube Against Cancer Houston 2025.
- 4 Jan 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.83 at Space City Winter TX 2025.
- 4 Jan 2025Four personal bests in one day at Space City Winter TX 2025.
- 6 Jan 2024First competition: Space City Winter 2024. A 19.55 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cube Against Cancer Houston 2026 · 18 Apr 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Cube Against Cancer Houston 2025 · 1 Mar 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Space City Winter TX 2025 · 4 Jan 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Turning at Tompkins Spring 2024 · 21 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Cube Against Cancer Texas 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Space City Winter 2024 · 6 Jan 2024
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.
- Siwoo Kim — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
- Noah Silva — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead once
- Rune Thomas Coulbourne — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.30 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.85 away.
Targets move as he improves.