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Nitvesh Badarvada Raju
3×3 · top 6.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2019 · 2019RAJU03
Nitvesh Badarvada Raju has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.81, set at UoSM Cube Open SOR 2025, puts him in the top 6.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 742nd in India. Until October 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since November 2019, he has put 44 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.28 in November 2019 to 9.81, a 20% improvement. Nitvesh has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% 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 | 9.81 | 14.69 | top 6.9% | 742 / 20,018 | |
| 2×2 | 4.71 | 5.52 | top 35.6% | 3,243 / 12,146 | |
| 4×4 | 1:30.87 | — | early days — 2 solves | 2,247 / 4,186 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 10:51.00 | — | early days — 2 solves | 599 / 598 |
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
- 22 Mar 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.81 at UoSM Cube Open SOR 2025.
- 22 Nov 2019First competition: Malaysia Cube Championship 2019. A 12.61 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- MYHM UoSM Final Cube Open 2026 · 4 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- UoSM Cube Open SOR 2025 · 22 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- UoSM Cube Open 2024 · 23 Mar 2024
- Malaysia Cube Championship 2019 · 22 Nov 2019 — 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.
- Lim Chun Yik (林峻毅) — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Lim Hung (林弘) — met in 10 rounds, never finished ahead
- Wang Junwen (王俊文) — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.81 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.71 away.
Targets move as he improves.