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Dev Raj Mathur
2×2 · top 8.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2019 · 2019MATH04
Dev Raj Mathur has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.47, set at Julekubing 2024, puts him in the top 8.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 131st in Norway. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since March 2019, he has put 469 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 62% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.19 in March 2019 to 11.31, a 53% improvement. Dev has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Norway | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.47 | 4.83 | top 8.6% | 131 / 1,202 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.65 | 9.06 | top 11.1% | 121 / 865 | |
| 3×3 | 11.31 | 12.45 | top 11.5% | 184 / 1,609 | |
| Skewb | 4.60 | 8.95 | top 15.2% | 92 / 531 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.72 | 26.99 | top 19.8% | 91 / 513 | |
| 4×4 | 51.07 | 59.17 | top 26.0% | 140 / 590 | |
| Megaminx | 1:45.79 | 2:08.46 | top 38.0% | 75 / 262 | |
| 5×5 | 2:10.20 | 2:31.62 | top 55.6% | 157 / 318 | |
| Clock | 31.01 | — | early days — 1 solve | 207 / 241 |
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
- 17 Feb 2024Seven personal bests in one day at Lierskogen Vinterkubing 2024.
- 29 Dec 2023Four personal bests in one day at Julekubing 2023.
- 17 Nov 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.85 at Kjeller Open 2023.
- 17 Nov 2023Eight personal bests in one day at Kjeller Open 2023.
- 2 Nov 2019First sub-20 3×3: 15.26 at Kjeller Open 2019.
- 2 Nov 2019Eight personal bests in one day at Kjeller Open 2019.
Competitions
- Trondheim Spring 2026 · 25 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Trondheim Høst 2025 · 4 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Lierskogen Vinterkubing 2025 · 15 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Julekubing 2024 · 29 Dec 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Hauketo Hurtigkubing 2024 · 9 Mar 2024
- Lierskogen Vinterkubing 2024 · 17 Feb 2024 — 7 personal bests set
- Julekubing 2023 · 29 Dec 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Kjeller Open 2023 · 17 Nov 2023 — 8 personal bests set
- Kjeller Open 2019 · 2 Nov 2019 — 8 personal bests set
- Norwegian Championship 2019 · 29 Mar 2019 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Stian Nystad Østli — met in 97 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ulrik Bredland — met in 82 rounds, finished ahead once
- Anders Barhaugen — met in 76 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.47 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.65 away.
Targets move as he improves.