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Rahul Bhateja

3×3 · top 9.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2015 · 2015BHAT13

Rahul Bhateja has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.56, set at Cube Challenge Quark 2018, puts him in the top 9.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,028th in India. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since November 2015, he has put 87 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 68% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.60 in November 2015 to 10.56, a 36% improvement. Rahul has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 9.1% of 284,439 all-time
10.56
signature single · Cube Challenge Quark 2018
87
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 68% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
3×310.5613.29
top 9.1%1,028 / 20,018
3×3 one-handed34.6341.01
top 56.6%2,229 / 4,516
4×41:33.961:54.03
top 66.5%2,341 / 4,186
2×29.5512.24
top 76.1%8,022 / 12,146

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

Waves Cube Challenge 2015: 16.60Cube Challenge Quark 2016: 12.63Cube Challenge Quark 2017: 12.00Cube Challenge Quark 2018: 10.5610.5616.608 Nov 201511 Feb 2018

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.56 away.
  • A sub-30 3×3 one-handed single — 34,382 people have one; it is 4.63 away.

Targets move as he improves.