People · India
Milan S. Raj
2×2 · top 4.5% of 189,179 all-time · competing since July 2023 · 2023RAJM01
Milan S. Raj has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.95, set at Cubing Kerala Travancore Open 2025, puts him in the top 4.5% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 328th in India. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since July 2023, he has put 313 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 78% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 34.86 in July 2023 to 11.50, a 67% improvement. Milan has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | India | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.95 | 4.69 | top 4.5% | 328 / 12,225 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.59 | 6.44 | top 10.8% | 626 / 8,971 | |
| 3×3 | 11.50 | 13.76 | top 12.2% | 1,443 / 20,146 | |
| Skewb | 6.18 | 9.82 | top 27.3% | 777 / 3,548 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.15 | 33.59 | top 29.2% | 1,066 / 4,534 | |
| 4×4 | 1:02.24 | 1:18.88 | top 39.0% | 1,258 / 4,220 | |
| Clock | 19.38 | 20.75 | top 62.9% | 573 / 1,109 | |
| 5×5 | 2:39.52 | 2:58.79 | top 70.3% | 958 / 1,537 |
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
- 31 May 2025Four personal bests in one day at Amrita Cube Open 2025.
- 11 Jan 2025Three personal bests in one day at Trivandrum Cube Open 2025.
- 16 Nov 2024First sub-15 3×3: 14.75 at SABA Cube Open Kerala 2024.
- 16 Nov 2024Four personal bests in one day at SABA Cube Open Kerala 2024.
- 3 Aug 2024First sub-20 3×3: 16.53 at mcubes Alleppey Open 2024.
- 11 Feb 2024First sub-30 3×3: 27.92 at mcubes Twist Gala 2024.
Competitions
- HiLITE Cube Open 2026 · 12 Sep 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- MoT Cube Open 2026 · 9 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Six Face Cube Run at TRINS 2025 · 7 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing Kerala Travancore Open 2025 · 21 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Amrita Cube Open 2025 · 31 May 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Amrita Newcomers Twistathon 2025 · 1 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Trivandrum Cube Open 2025 · 11 Jan 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- SABA Cube Open Kerala 2024 · 16 Nov 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- mcubes Alleppey Open 2024 · 3 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- mcubes Twist Gala 2024 · 11 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- mcubes Cube Open 2023 · 29 Jul 2023
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.
- Ritesh R Nair — met in 62 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Mohamed Aarif — met in 50 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Muhammed Shehzad Khan — met in 49 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.95 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 10,050 people have one; it is 0.59 away.
Targets move as he improves.