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Jonas Rajagopal

3×3 · top 5.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2016 · 2016RAJA06

Jonas Rajagopal has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.25, set at Quabbin Summer 2019, puts him in the top 5.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,054th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 25 competitions since November 2016, he has put 830 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, steadier than 99% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.07 in February 2017 to 9.25, a 49% improvement. Jonas has entered 25 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 5.5% of 284,439 all-time
9.25
signature single · Quabbin Summer 2019
830
official solves on the record
9%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 99% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×39.2510.27
top 5.5%3,054 / 59,724
Megaminx59.191:09.91
top 9.6%661 / 7,841
4×438.0842.99
top 9.9%1,476 / 19,072
5×51:08.411:19.61
top 10.5%825 / 9,401
2×22.764.40
top 11.6%4,548 / 40,951
Skewb4.486.96
top 14.3%2,232 / 18,907
Pyraminx5.557.61
top 16.8%4,443 / 28,708
6×62:18.962:37.69
top 19.9%700 / 4,196
Square-116.8219.11
top 20.6%1,384 / 6,743
3×3 one-handed21.3328.09
top 24.1%3,093 / 15,683
7×73:44.493:56.60
top 25.1%709 / 3,184
Clock11.0611.94
top 30.4%2,372 / 8,927
3×3 Fewest Moves39 moves48.33
top 44.7%969 / 2,040
3×3 blindfolded3:08.204:01.02
top 54.8%1,160 / 2,092

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

WPI Winter Cube Day 2017: 18.07Quabbin Spring 2017: 11.76Lexington Summer 2017: 14.20World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017: 13.73WPI Fall Cube Fest 2017: 13.67Weston Fall 2017: 13.24Framingham Frozen Fingers 2018: 12.29WPI Winter Cube Day 2018: 9.61BU Spring 2018: 11.77Quizzical Quabbin Qualifier 2018: 9.68MIT Fall 2018: 9.92BA Fall Cube Fest 2018: 11.39The Battle of Lexington 2018: 10.22Boston University Winter 2019: 11.87The Battle of Lexington 2019: 10.61Massachusetts Championship 2019: 9.56Quabbin Summer 2019: 9.25Providence Fall 2019: 9.70Empire State Winter B 2022: 10.84CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2022: 11.80The Battle of Concord 2024: 10.999.2518.0726 Feb 20172 Mar 2024

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.

  • James Quinn — met in 161 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
  • Alex Cohen — met in 150 rounds, finished ahead 64 times
  • Will Russo — met in 148 rounds, finished ahead 19 times

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.25 away.
  • A sub-50 Megaminx single — 1,776 people have one; it is 9.19 away.

Targets move as he improves.