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Neerad Sumil Raj
2×2 · top 7.9% of 189,179 all-time · competing since January 2023 · 2023RAJN01
Neerad Sumil Raj has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.39, set at Rubik's UK Championship 2024, puts him in the top 7.9% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 636th in India. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since January 2023, he has put 150 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, steadier than 99% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.65 in January 2023 to 14.44, a 13% improvement. Neerad has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% 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 | 2.39 | 4.27 | top 7.9% | 636 / 12,225 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.48 | 7.01 | top 16.3% | 970 / 8,971 | |
| 3×3 | 14.44 | 16.56 | top 22.6% | 2,917 / 20,146 | |
| Skewb | 7.19 | 9.20 | top 35.2% | 1,011 / 3,548 |
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
- 1 Nov 2024Three personal bests in one day at Rubik's UK Championship 2024.
- 17 Aug 2024First sub-15 3×3: 14.44 at Birmingham Summer 2024.
- 7 Jan 2023First competition: Wiltshire Winter 2023. A 16.65 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Coventry Spring 2025 · 24 May 2025
- Rubik's UK Championship 2024 · 1 Nov 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Birmingham Summer 2024 · 17 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Wiltshire Summer 2023 · 17 Jun 2023
- Wiltshire Winter 2023 · 7 Jan 2023 — 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.
- Rufus Cripps — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Blue James — met in 28 rounds, never finished ahead
- Maxwell Davies — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.39 away.
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,242 people have one; it is 0.48 away.
Targets move as he improves.