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Asith Rao

3×3 · top 3.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2019 · 2019RAOA01

Asith Rao has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.44, set at Nexus Monsoon Open 2022, puts him in the top 3.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 348th in India. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since March 2019, he has put 117 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 77% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.26 in March 2019 to 8.44, an 18% improvement. Asith has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.6% of 284,439 all-time
8.44
signature single · Nexus Monsoon Open 2022
117
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 77% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
3×38.4410.35
top 3.6%348 / 20,018
4×432.8639.74
top 4.9%120 / 4,186
3×3 one-handed14.1518.85
top 6.4%201 / 4,516
2×24.896.59
top 37.9%3,502 / 12,146

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

Anaadyanta Cube Open 2019: 10.26Bengaluru Summer Open 2019: 14.69Forum Monsoon Open 2019: 11.61C3 Cup Finale 2019: 10.81Nexus Monsoon Open 2022: 8.448.4414.698 Mar 201925 Jun 2022

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 0.44 away.
  • A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 2.86 away.

Targets move as he improves.