People · India
Vatsal Kumar
3×3 · top 9.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2023 · 2023KUMA22
Vatsal Kumar has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.66, set at Noida Cube Open 2025, puts him in the top 9.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,070th in India. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since May 2023, he has put 315 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 55% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 36.20 in May 2023 to 10.66, a 71% improvement. Vatsal has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | India | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.66 | 13.11 | top 9.4% | 1,070 / 20,018 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.99 | 8.79 | top 13.1% | 764 / 8,934 | |
| 2×2 | 3.24 | 5.03 | top 17.1% | 1,432 / 12,146 | |
| Skewb | 6.77 | 10.38 | top 31.8% | 892 / 3,524 | |
| 4×4 | 57.24 | 1:09.92 | top 33.4% | 1,035 / 4,186 | |
| Clock | 13.05 | 15.64 | top 39.8% | 337 / 1,092 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 27.43 | 36.57 | top 40.4% | 1,484 / 4,516 |
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
- 24 May 2025Five personal bests in one day at Noida Cube Open 2025.
- 30 Mar 2024Five personal bests in one day at Gurugram Spring Open 2024.
- 7 Jan 2024First sub-20 3×3: 13.66 at Surat Cube Carnival 2024.
- 7 Jan 2024First sub-15 3×3: 13.66 at Surat Cube Carnival 2024.
- 7 Oct 2023Three personal bests in one day at Gurugram Cube Open 2023.
- 12 Aug 2023First sub-30 3×3: 23.68 at Cubing Comes to Bihar 2023.
Competitions
- Don't Pause in Delhi 2026 · 4 Jan 2026
- Noida Cube Open 2025 · 24 May 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 2025 · 22 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Delhi Cube Challenge 2024 · 9 Nov 2024
- Gurugram Autumn Cube Open 2024 · 28 Sep 2024
- Gurugram Monsoon Cube Open 2024 · 29 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Gurugram Spring Open 2024 · 30 Mar 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Mathsoc Delhi Open 2024 · 3 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Surat Cube Carnival 2024 · 7 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Gurugram Cube Open 2023 · 7 Oct 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubing Comes to Bihar 2023 · 12 Aug 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Howrah Cube Open 2023 · 20 May 2023
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.
- Aniket Ahuja — met in 51 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Shrey Relan — met in 49 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Kaarnik Jain — met in 48 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.66 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.99 away.
Targets move as he improves.