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Rahul Sahay

3×3 · top 2.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2017 · 2017SAHA05

Rahul Sahay has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.70, set at Noida Cube Open 2022, puts him in the top 2.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 218th in India. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since June 2017, he has put 112 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 81% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.62 in June 2017 to 7.70, a 69% improvement. Rahul has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 2.3% of 284,439 all-time
7.70
signature single · Noida Cube Open 2022
112
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 81% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
3×37.708.72
top 2.3%218 / 20,018
4×433.3441.59
top 5.2%133 / 4,186
3×3 one-handed17.4320.09
top 13.7%465 / 4,516
2×23.436.58
top 19.3%1,632 / 12,146
5×51:33.221:35.98
top 30.0%353 / 1,525

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

National Cubing Region Open 2017: 24.62Delhi Cube Splash 2017: 21.11Lord Of The Minx 2017: 20.17Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 2017: 15.75Rubik's Cube Mumbai Open 2017: 12.29SNU Open 2018: 12.49Noida Cube Open 2022: 7.70Moksha Cubing 2023: 7.937.7024.6223 Jun 201725 Mar 2023

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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.70 away.
  • A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 3.34 away.

Targets move as he improves.