People · Luxembourg
Rahul Kannan
3×3 · top 4.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2022 · 2022KANN02
Rahul Kannan has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.93, set at Champagne Open 2023, puts him in the top 4.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3rd in Luxembourg. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since February 2022, he has put 346 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 63% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.95 in February 2022 to 8.93, a 40% improvement. Rahul has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Luxembourg | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.93 | 10.93 | top 4.7% | 3 / 67 | |
| 2×2 | 2.26 | 4.24 | top 6.7% | 3 / 51 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.56 | 8.56 | top 10.6% | 4 / 30 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.53 | 27.07 | top 27.4% | 3 / 22 | |
| Megaminx | 2:25.09 | 2:47.57 | top 58.9% | 11 / 15 |
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
- 19 Nov 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.41 at Gijzegem Open 2022.
- 19 Nov 2022Four personal bests in one day at Gijzegem Open 2022.
- 27 Feb 2022First competition: Hem MariCubik Winter Open 2022. A 14.95 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Summer Scramble UW 2026 · 15 Aug 2026
- Bellevue Cubing Afternoon 2025 · 13 Sep 2025
- Coffee Cup Tacoma 2025 · 9 Aug 2025
- Open the Door Moselle 2024 · 14 Dec 2024
- Luxembourg Nationals 2024 · 7 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Rheinland-Pfalz Open 2024 · 29 Jun 2024
- Belgian Nationals 2023 · 21 Oct 2023
- Visé Saturday Open 2023 · 9 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Champagne Open 2023 · 2 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Gijzegem Open 2022 · 19 Nov 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Belgian Nationals 2022 · 29 Oct 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Ganshoren Sunday Open 2022 · 25 Sep 2022
- Champagne Open 2022 · 3 Sep 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Luxembourg Open 2022 · 18 Jun 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Hem MariCubik Winter Open 2022 · 27 Feb 2022
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.
- Justin Vinckenbosch — met in 44 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Imanuel Müller — met in 41 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Achim Spies — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.93 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.26 away.
Targets move as he improves.