People · India
Joy Rai
3×3 · top 16.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2025 · 2025RAIJ01
Joy Rai has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.75, set at Oakridge Independence Cube Open 2026, puts him in the top 16.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,047th in India. Across 10 competitions since February 2025, he has put 199 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 67% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 39.59 in February 2025 to 12.75, a 68% improvement. Joy 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 | India | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 12.75 | 17.07 | top 16.6% | 2,047 / 20,018 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.09 | 26.64 | top 29.0% | 1,048 / 4,516 | |
| 2×2 | 4.34 | 6.31 | top 30.9% | 2,726 / 12,146 | |
| Megaminx | 1:35.84 | 1:41.47 | top 31.9% | 339 / 1,443 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.19 | 11.99 | top 37.8% | 2,407 / 8,934 | |
| 4×4 | 1:17.22 | — | top 53.6% | 1,812 / 4,186 | |
| Clock | 18.05 | 25.25 | top 58.9% | 512 / 1,092 | |
| Skewb | 12.58 | 19.81 | top 68.9% | 2,045 / 3,524 | |
| 5×5 | 2:49.78 | — | early days — 3 solves | 1,017 / 1,525 |
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
- 15 Aug 2026Four personal bests in one day at Oakridge Independence Cube Open 2026.
- 23 May 2026Four personal bests in one day at Esplanade Cube Open 2026.
- 28 Feb 2026First sub-15 3×3: 13.69 at Delhi Cube Open 2026.
- 28 Feb 2026Four personal bests in one day at Delhi Cube Open 2026.
- 4 Jan 2026Three personal bests in one day at Don't Pause in Delhi 2026.
- 12 Oct 2025First sub-20 3×3: 18.85 at Delhi Autumn Showdown 2025.
Competitions
- Oakridge Independence Cube Open 2026 · 15 Aug 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Esplanade Cube Open 2026 · 23 May 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Delhi Cube Open 2026 · 28 Feb 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Don't Pause in Delhi 2026 · 4 Jan 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Noida Winter Cube Open 2025 · 14 Dec 2025
- Delhi Cube Challenge 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Delhi Autumn Showdown 2025 · 12 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Speedcubing Delhi ESYA 2025 · 30 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 2025 · 22 Mar 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- D21 Delhi Cube Open B 2025 · 22 Feb 2025
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.
- Aryan Malhotra — met in 44 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Aniket Ahuja — met in 35 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ananthan Rajiv — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.75 away.
- A sub-20 3×3 one-handed single — 15,081 people have one; it is 3.09 away.
Targets move as he improves.