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Rahul Talukdar

3×3 · top 22.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2016 · 2016TALU01

Rahul Talukdar has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.30, set at 6th Guwahati Open 2024, puts him in the top 22.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,828th in India. Across 14 competitions since May 2016, he has put 154 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 80% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 4 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.72 in May 2016 to 14.30, a 50% improvement. Rahul has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 22.0% of 284,439 all-time
14.30
signature single · 6th Guwahati Open 2024
154
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 80% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
3×314.3017.15
top 22.0%2,828 / 20,018
2×24.356.31
top 31.0%2,735 / 12,146
3×3 one-handed26.5640.24
top 38.2%1,380 / 4,516
Clock21.6531.69
top 69.2%636 / 1,092
Megaminx3:25.973:58.40
top 82.5%1,027 / 1,443
3×3 Fewest Moves56 moves
early days — 1 solve506 / 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

2nd Guwahati Open 2016: 28.723rd Guwahati Open 2017: 23.78Guwahati Summer Open 2019: 20.24Cubing Returns Guwahati 2022: 19.89Guwahati Autumn Open 2022: 16.47Guwahati Summer Cube Open 2023: 15.33Guwahati Autumn Open 2023: 16.81Indian Nationals 2023: 16.366th Guwahati Open 2024: 14.30Guwahati Cubing Meltdown 2025: 17.3214.3028.7221 May 201627 Jul 2025

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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.30 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.35 away.

Targets move as he improves.