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Vasudev Nair

3×3 · top 3.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2022 · 2022NAIR08

Vasudev Nair has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.20, set at Brisbane Summer 2025, puts him in the top 3.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 306th in Australia. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 18 competitions since October 2022, he has put 245 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 69% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.97 in October 2022 to 8.20, a 68% improvement. Vasudev has entered 18 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.1% of 284,439 all-time
8.20
signature single · Brisbane Summer 2025
245
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 69% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
3×38.2011.09
top 3.1%306 / 11,709
2×22.112.62
top 5.5%405 / 8,567

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

Koalafication Melbourne 2022: 25.97Melbourne Cube Days 2022: 18.81Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022: 18.92Melbourne Summer 2023: 18.19Kensington Summer Saturday 2023: 16.37Speedcubing at Seaworks 2023: 16.79Runaway Bay May Sunday 2023: 19.37Australian Nationals 2023: 12.32QUT Qube Challenge Sunday 2023: 11.78Brisbane Summer 2024: 11.95Cubing in Corinda Saturday 2024: 8.54Queensland Open 2024: 12.65Australian Nationals 2024: 9.38Speedy Southport 2024: 11.21Brisbane Summer 2025: 8.20QLD State Championship 2025: 10.30Australian Nationals 2025: 10.828.2025.9715 Oct 20222 Oct 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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.20 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.11 away.

Targets move as he improves.