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Aswin Raj

3×3 · top 1.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2018 · 2018RAJA09

Aswin Raj has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.46, set at Amrita Silence Open 2022, puts him in the top 1.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 174th in India. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since June 2018, he has put 305 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 80% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.34 in June 2018 to 7.46, a 59% improvement. Aswin has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.9% of 284,439 all-time
7.46
signature single · Amrita Silence Open 2022
305
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 80% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
3×37.468.52
top 1.9%174 / 20,018
3×3 one-handed11.7113.99
top 2.6%80 / 4,516
4×434.6840.78
top 6.4%174 / 4,186
Pyraminx4.129.33
top 8.3%474 / 8,934
2×22.814.01
top 12.1%1,007 / 12,146
5×51:26.851:39.27
top 24.8%286 / 1,525
3×3 blindfolded3:15.50
early days — 2 solves286 / 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

Venice of the East Open 2018: 18.34KES Cube Open 2019: 10.01Amrita Cube Open 2020: 10.12Cult A Way Cube Open 2020: 10.39mcubes Open 2022: 8.94Amrita Silence Open 2022: 7.46mcubes Winter Open 2022: 8.14Reliance Alleppey Open 2023: 7.86Calicut Cubing Gambit 2026: 8.007.4618.349 Jun 20181 Feb 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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.46 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 one-handed single — 779 people have one; it is 1.71 away.

Targets move as he improves.