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Jay Rangthale
3×3 · top 2.7% of 288,433 all-time · competing since March 2013 · 2013RANG01
Jay Rangthale has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.96, set at Quabbin Spring 2026, puts him in the top 2.7% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,600th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since March 2013, he has put 346 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 74% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.68 in March 2013 to 7.96, a 66% improvement. Jay has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.96 | 9.66 | top 2.7% | 1,600 / 60,666 | |
| 4×4 | 37.59 | 43.70 | top 9.4% | 1,425 / 19,354 | |
| 5×5 | 1:15.31 | 1:25.33 | top 15.7% | 1,230 / 9,537 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.57 | 20.38 | top 16.7% | 2,190 / 15,900 | |
| 2×2 | 3.95 | 4.89 | top 25.9% | 10,331 / 41,674 | |
| Megaminx | 1:49.42 | — | top 40.2% | 2,972 / 8,026 | |
| 7×7 | 4:34.08 | 6:46.94 | top 42.5% | 1,237 / 3,236 | |
| 6×6 | 3:11.79 | 3:15.83 | early days — 3 solves | 1,768 / 4,262 |
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
- 2 May 2026Three personal bests in one day at WPI Spring 2026.
- 20 Sep 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.46 at Fitchburg Fall 2025.
- 25 Aug 2025First sub-20 3×3: 10.14 at Lexington Weeknights VI 2025.
- 25 Aug 2025First sub-15 3×3: 10.14 at Lexington Weeknights VI 2025.
- 9 Mar 2013First competition: MIT Spring 2013. A 23.68 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Seabrook Open 2026 · 3 Oct 2026
- Saint John's Summer 2026 · 13 Jun 2026
- Quabbin Spring 2026 · 23 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- WPI Spring 2026 · 2 May 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Fitchburg Spring 2026 · 25 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Wakefield MA Spring 2026 · 4 Apr 2026
- Cube Against Cancer Boston 2026 · 21 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- UMass Spring 2026 · 28 Feb 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Ipswich Fall 2025 · 13 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- New Hampshire Championship 2025 · 22 Nov 2025
- Cubing on Lake Cochituate 2025 · 25 Oct 2025
- Phillips Exeter Cube Day 2025 · 19 Oct 2025
- Fitchburg Fall 2025 · 20 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Lexington Weeknights VI 2025 · 25 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Lexington Spring 2014 · 12 Apr 2014 — 1 personal best set
- MIT Spring 2013 · 9 Mar 2013
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.
- Derek White — met in 60 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Joshua Burdick — met in 50 rounds, finished ahead 47 times
- Jason Wickman — met in 46 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.96 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,465 people have one; it is 7.59 away.
Targets move as he improves.