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Rahul Athreya

2×2 · top 11.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2017 · 2017ATHR01

Rahul Athreya has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.72, set at Bring the Heat AZ 2024, puts him in the top 11.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,396th in the United States. Across 38 competitions since March 2017, he has put 711 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 73% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:00.10 in March 2017 to 11.84, an 80% improvement. Rahul has entered 38 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 11.1% of 186,767 all-time
2.72
signature single · Bring the Heat AZ 2024
711
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 73% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×22.723.88
top 11.1%4,396 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed16.7923.59
top 12.1%1,570 / 15,683
3×311.8414.49
top 13.3%7,155 / 59,724
4×451.281:02.15
top 26.3%4,046 / 19,072
Pyraminx9.2117.68
top 46.7%13,430 / 28,708
Skewb15.9124.94
top 81.1%15,507 / 18,907
5×54:01.03—
early days — 2 solves8,701 / 9,401
3×3 Fewest Moves65 moves—
early days — 3 solves1,989 / 2,040

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

AZCubing Spring 2017: 1:00.10Cubing Comp at Hamilton 2017: 26.84AZCubing Summer 2017: 20.44AZCubing Hamilton Fall 2017: 18.12Newport Fall 2017: 16.92Cubic Meltdown 2017: 17.36AZCubing Hamilton Winter 2018: 18.68CubingUSA Nationals 2018: 16.52AZCubing Summer 2018: 15.47AZCubing Open 2018: 14.06Shaastra Cube Open 2019: 15.04AZCubing Spring 2019: 15.07WCA World Championship 2019: 12.90AZCubing Summer 2019: 13.65AZCubing Winter 2019: 12.61AZCubing Summer 2022: 13.43AZCubing Winter 2022: 14.58Arizona Speedcubing Spring 2023: 14.08You Only Need a 3x3 AZ 2023: 12.92Never Stop Turning AZ 2023: 13.62Cubing in Glendale 2023: 12.93CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 13.80Bring the Heat AZ 2023: 12.71Sonoran Side Events 2023: 12.12Phoenix Cubing Open 2023: 12.62Arizona Favorites 2024: 14.50Arizona Championship 2024: 13.31Bring the Heat AZ 2024: 13.40Arizona Autumn 2024: 15.06Arizona Mini 2024: 11.84Lopes Up AZ 2025: 14.45Bring the Heat AZ 2025: 14.94Rocky Mountain Championship 2025: 16.74Arizona Championship 2026: 15.22Bring the Heat AZ 2026: 15.04Temecula Valley Summer 2026: 14.2711.841:00.1011 Mar 201725 Jul 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

  • Ivan Vanek — met in 106 rounds, finished ahead twice
  • Dan Tran — met in 104 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Caleb Hoffman — met in 81 rounds, finished ahead twice

Next targets

  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.72 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 1.79 away.

Targets move as he improves.