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Yash Budhiraja

Megaminx · top 1.2% of 34,786 all-time · competing since December 2018 · 2018BUDH01

Yash Budhiraja has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Megaminx: a personal-best single of 38.23, set at Crazy Cologne Cubing 2024, puts him in the top 1.2% of the 34,786 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 10th in India. Until November 2014, no official Megaminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 52 competitions since December 2018, he has put 3,286 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 67% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.39 in December 2018 to 7.04, a 64% improvement. Yash has entered 52 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Megaminx
best event — top 1.2% of 34,786 all-time
38.23
signature single · Crazy Cologne Cubing 2024
3,286
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 67% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
Megaminx38.2341.89
top 1.2%10 / 1,443
3×37.048.65
top 1.4%120 / 20,018
4×427.0832.92
top 1.4%34 / 4,186
2×21.332.95
top 1.5%102 / 12,146
Pyraminx2.293.92
top 1.7%89 / 8,934
3×3 one-handed11.3714.07
top 2.2%65 / 4,516
Skewb2.465.09
top 2.7%53 / 3,524
5×554.9559.22
top 3.3%31 / 1,525
6×61:45.551:55.78
top 5.7%25 / 531
Square-110.1420.80
top 6.3%34 / 805
7×72:45.933:05.72
top 6.8%23 / 360
Clock7.769.10
top 14.0%114 / 1,092
3×3 Fewest Moves30 moves37.33
top 14.8%41 / 600
3×3 blindfolded1:17.591:43.47
top 18.7%73 / 598

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

Taj City Open 2018: 19.39MathSoc Open 2019: 17.21Indian Nationals 2019: 13.51Phoenix Marketcity Cube Challenge 2019: 11.90Speedcubing ESYA 2019: 12.60Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 2019: 10.94BCM Arya Cubing Challenge 2019: 10.60PB Smashathon Delhi 2019: 9.10Noida Cube Open 2022: 10.45Welcome Back Nepal 2022: 9.74Phoenix Cube Challenge 2022: 8.84Cubing Returns Delhi 2022: 8.25IISER Mohali Cube Open 2022: 8.49Delhi Big Cube Open 2022: 8.24Bremium Cubing 2023: 7.46German Open 2023: 7.55French Championship 2023: 8.05German Nationals 2023: 8.06Visé Sunday Open 2023: 7.70Darmstadt Dodecahedron Days 2023: 8.86V-Cube Spiel A 2023: 8.70Kölner Kubing 2023: 9.02Arnhem Open A 2024: 8.10Lente Spring 2024: 8.45Hessen Mini Open 2024: 8.00Capelle Cubing 2024: 7.84Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024: 9.74Leersum Algs 24 Hours in 2024: 7.51Schnelle Solves Siegen 2024: 7.77Crazy Cologne Cubing 2024: 8.21Swiss Nationals 2024: 8.08Bremium Cubing 2024: 8.43Back to Berlin 2024: 8.36Aachen Open 2025: 8.29Hasselt Saturday Open 2025: 7.86Schnelle Solves Siegen 2025: 8.44Oldenburg Oster Open 2025: 7.98Kölner Kubing 2025: 7.04Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 8.48Rhein-Sieg Open 2025: 8.16Visé Saturday Open 2025: 8.29Rubik's German Nationals 2025: 8.31Belgian Nationals 2025: 8.49Rhein-Sieg Open 2026: 8.33CuBonn Open 2026: 8.36Aachen Summer Open 2026: 7.797.0419.3922 Dec 20184 Jul 2026

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-30 Megaminx single — 75 people have one; it is 8.23 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.04 away.

Targets move as he improves.