People · India
Raghunandhan Kumaran
2×2 · top 4.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since December 2022 · 2022KUMA48
Raghunandhan Kumaran has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.98, set at Mofunland Speedcubing Singapore 2024, puts him in the top 4.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 341st in India. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since December 2022, he has put 128 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.78 in December 2022 to 11.35, a 23% improvement. Raghunandhan has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% 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 | 1.98 | 3.57 | top 4.6% | 341 / 12,146 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.49 | 7.14 | top 10.2% | 583 / 8,934 | |
| 3×3 | 11.35 | 13.66 | top 11.6% | 1,354 / 20,018 | |
| Skewb | 4.25 | 5.22 | top 12.7% | 337 / 3,524 | |
| 4×4 | 1:01.39 | 1:10.11 | top 38.0% | 1,209 / 4,186 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 43.10 | — | early days — 3 solves | 2,807 / 4,516 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 49 moves | 53.67 | top 76.8% | 418 / 600 |
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
- 10 Sep 2023Four personal bests in one day at XMUM Cube Open 2023.
- 3 Dec 2022First competition: KSRCT Cube Open 2022. A 14.78 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Singapore Freeze 2024 · 7 Dec 2024
- Mofunland Speedcubing Singapore 2024 · 31 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Tamil Nadu Cube Challenge 2024 · 2 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- MYHM Singapore Championship 2024 · 2 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- XMUM Cube Open 2023 · 10 Sep 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Singapore Eighty and Below 2023 · 29 Jul 2023
- UTM Speedcubing Open 2023 · 13 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Singapore Championship 2023 · 17 Feb 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- KSRCT Cube Open 2022 · 3 Dec 2022 — 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.
- Mohamad Adrian Syahirin Bin Mohd Faizal — met in 14 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ng Jia Quan (黄佳铨) — met in 13 rounds, never finished ahead
- Kieren Loh — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.98 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.49 away.
Targets move as he improves.