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Jainish Malhotra

3×3 · top 4.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2014 · 2014MALH01

Jainish Malhotra has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.64, set at Odd Seattle Summer 2022, puts him in the top 4.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 400th in India. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since April 2014, he has put 666 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 62% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.15 in April 2014 to 8.64, a 61% improvement. Jainish has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 4.0% of 284,439 all-time
8.64
signature single · Odd Seattle Summer 2022
666
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 62% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
3×38.6411.13
top 4.0%400 / 20,018
3×3 one-handed13.9920.96
top 6.1%188 / 4,516
Pyraminx3.757.81
top 6.5%370 / 8,934
2×22.293.96
top 7.0%542 / 12,146
4×445.4452.14
top 18.8%518 / 4,186
Skewb5.9510.50
top 25.4%709 / 3,524
5×52:01.282:13.83
top 50.0%648 / 1,525
3×3 Fewest Moves46 moves
early days — 2 solves357 / 600

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

Pantheon Cube Open 2014: 22.15Cubing ATMOSphere 2014: 17.32National Cubing Region Open 2015: 12.74Indian Nationals 2015: 13.56Brain Studio Cube Open 2015: 12.07APJ BLD Open 2015: 11.08SSN Cube Open 2016: 12.49Indian Nationals 2017: 11.13Durgesha Open 1.0 2017: 10.31Oakridge Cube Open - April 2018: 11.18Primus Cube Open - May 2018: 10.28Bengaluru Championship 2018: 9.69Bengaluru Cool Down 2019: 9.84SnoCo Goes Back to Square-1 2021: 10.58Odd Seattle Summer 2022: 8.648.6422.1512 Apr 201428 May 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 0.64 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 1.99 away.

Targets move as he improves.