People · United States
Keshav Raja
3×3 · top 3.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2014 · 2014RAJA09
Keshav Raja has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.50, set at CMI Tessellate Cube Open 2018, puts him in the top 3.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,111th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since December 2014, he has put 300 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 80% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.73 in December 2014 to 8.50, a 42% improvement. Keshav has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% 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 | 8.50 | 10.63 | top 3.7% | 2,111 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 3.61 | 5.38 | top 21.6% | 8,439 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.95 | 30.48 | top 34.1% | 4,494 / 15,683 |
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
- 26 Sep 2015First sub-10 3×3: 8.57 at SCMU KJSCE Open 2015.
- 3 Jan 2015Three personal bests in one day at Shaastra Cube Open 2015.
- 28 Dec 2014First competition: Mumbai Open 2014. A 15.73 3×3 single to start from.
- 28 Dec 2014First sub-15 3×3: 14.73 at Mumbai Open 2014.
Competitions
- Deccan Cube Open July 2019 · 14 Jul 2019
- IIITDM Cube Open 2018 · 18 Aug 2018 — 1 personal best set
- SRM Cube Open 2018 · 23 Mar 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Carte Blanche Kube Open 2018 · 10 Feb 2018
- CMI Tessellate Cube Open 2018 · 3 Feb 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's Cube Mumbai Open 2017 · 26 Dec 2017
- National Cubing Region Open 2017 · 23 Jun 2017
- Shaastra Cube Open 2017 · 31 Dec 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's Cube Mumbai Open 2016 · 23 Dec 2016 — 1 personal best set
- SSN Cube Open 2016 · 5 Aug 2016
- Shaastra Cube Open 2016 · 23 Jan 2016
- Rubik's Cube Mumbai Open 2015 · 26 Dec 2015 — 1 personal best set
- SCMU KJSCE Open 2015 · 26 Sep 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Shaastra Cube Open 2015 · 3 Jan 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- Mumbai Open 2014 · 28 Dec 2014 — 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.
- Alaik Bhatia — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead once
- Akash Rupela — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead once
- Sripad Sarma Katrapati — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.50 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.61 away.
Targets move as he improves.