People · India
Kislay Singh Rao
3×3 · top 4.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2018 · 2018RAOK02
Kislay Singh Rao has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.67, set at Sydney Summer 2023, puts him in the top 4.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 405th in India. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 18 competitions since March 2018, he has put 402 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 55% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.75 in March 2018 to 8.67, a 54% improvement. Kislay has entered 18 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 | India | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.67 | 10.28 | top 4.1% | 405 / 20,018 | |
| 2×2 | 2.36 | 4.11 | top 7.6% | 601 / 12,146 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.73 | 26.57 | top 28.0% | 1,007 / 4,516 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.11 | 10.77 | top 28.7% | 1,774 / 8,934 | |
| 4×4 | 53.70 | 1:01.47 | top 29.2% | 886 / 4,186 | |
| Skewb | 6.47 | 11.58 | top 29.5% | 824 / 3,524 | |
| 5×5 | 1:52.70 | 2:12.41 | top 44.5% | 569 / 1,525 | |
| Megaminx | 2:21.75 | — | top 57.3% | 664 / 1,443 |
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
- 20 May 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.31 at Marrickville Many May Open 2023.
- 20 May 2023Three personal bests in one day at Marrickville Many May Open 2023.
- 8 Jul 2018First sub-15 3×3: 14.90 at Varsha Ritu Cube Open 2018.
- 31 Mar 2018First competition: Hyderabad Cube Open 2018. A 18.75 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cubing at The Cube 2026 · 10 Jan 2026
- Tramsheds VII: Spring Sunday 2025 · 9 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Tramsheds II: May Sunday 2024 · 19 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Tramsheds I: Newcomer Saturday 2024 · 2 Mar 2024
- Cubing at The Cube 2024 · 6 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Sydney Summer 2023 · 16 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Warm Up Sydney Saturday 2023 · 15 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Marrickville Many May Open 2023 · 20 May 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubing at The Cube Saturday 2023 · 21 Jan 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Even Better Sydney Gathering 2022 · 24 Sep 2022
- Hyderabad Cube Open 2019 · 28 Sep 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Deccan Cube Open July 2019 · 14 Jul 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing For LLS Summer 2019 · 24 Mar 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Geethanjali Cube Open 2019 · 26 Jan 2019 — 1 personal best set
- KK Charity Cube Open 2018 · 23 Dec 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing ATMOSphere 2018 · 27 Oct 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Varsha Ritu Cube Open 2018 · 8 Jul 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Hyderabad Cube Open 2018 · 31 Mar 2018
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.
- Bryan Eng — met in 42 rounds, never finished ahead
- Velidi Venkata Jagan Mohana Murali Krishna — met in 39 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Tejas Parse — met in 38 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.67 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.36 away.
Targets move as he improves.