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Rahul Venkatesan

Pyraminx · top 4.3% of 129,321 all-time · competing since January 2014 · 2014VENK02

Rahul Venkatesan has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.20, set at SSN Cube Open 2022, puts him in the top 4.3% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 242nd in India. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 90 competitions since January 2014, he has put 3,862 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 66% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 56.84 in January 2014 to 9.03, an 84% improvement. Rahul has entered 90 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 4.3% of 129,321 all-time
3.20
signature single · SSN Cube Open 2022
3,862
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 66% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
Pyraminx3.204.99
top 4.3%242 / 8,934
3×39.0310.84
top 4.9%504 / 20,018
3×3 one-handed13.9117.94
top 5.9%180 / 4,516
Skewb3.235.59
top 6.2%153 / 3,524
4×435.9344.32
top 7.6%204 / 4,186
Megaminx59.051:08.16
top 9.5%74 / 1,443
2×22.614.74
top 10.0%817 / 12,146
3×3 Fewest Moves29 moves40.67
top 12.2%32 / 600
Clock7.468.45
top 12.8%101 / 1,092
5×51:28.871:44.16
top 26.3%312 / 1,525
Square-140.001:22.94
top 65.3%464 / 805
6×64:09.624:27.44
top 68.6%343 / 531
7×77:03.388:20.70
top 80.8%287 / 360
3×3 blindfolded5:49.77—
early days — 2 solves475 / 598

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

Shaastra Cube Open 2014: 56.84Pragyan Cube Open 2014: 18.18CMI Fiesta Open 2014: 31.89Pantheon Cube Open 2014: 22.10Indian Cube Challenge 2014: 15.82VIT Rubiks Cube Challenge 2014: 14.41Brain Studio Cube Open 2014: 15.69Shaastra Cube Open 2015: 14.39REC Cube Open 2015: 15.53National Cubing Region Open 2015: 14.77Indian Nationals 2015: 13.05Brain Studio Winter Open 2015: 12.97Shaastra Cube Open 2016: 12.97Indian Nationals 2016: 15.15SSN Cube Open 2016: 14.16Shaastra Cube Open 2017: 13.14Carte Blanche Kube Open 2017: 12.68Indian Nationals 2017: 11.93IIA Summer Open - May 2017: 12.93Bit Cube Open 2017: 11.47NIT Trichy Open 2017: 12.60Aboard the Pyraminx Train 2018: 11.24Daksh Open Cube 2018: 11.91Gravitas Cube Open 2018: 12.35Phoenix C3 Open 2018: 13.02Daksh Cube Open 2019: 12.26Pragyan Cube Open 2019: 10.73VSVN Cube Open 2019: 11.45C3 Cup Finale 2019: 11.72CMI Tessellate Cube Open 2020: 10.94SSN Cube Open 2022: 10.62Hariology Vibes 2022: 10.96Thoothukudi Cube Open 2022: 10.93IISER Pune Cube Open 2022: 10.20Cubing ATMOSphere 2022: 10.94Cubing Sunday in SSN 2022: 12.36DSK Cube Open 2023: 10.74Korum Cube Challenge 2023: 10.88Chennai Cubing Club Meetup 2023: 12.01CMI Tessellate Cube Open 2023: 10.17Synocubix 2023: 11.15IISER Pune Summer Open 2023: 12.03Pavillion Cube Open 2023: 11.97mcubes Cube Open 2023: 11.52Kumaraguru Cube Open 2023: 9.72Pune Unscrambled 2023: 9.82i.Cube Open 2023: 10.88Indian Nationals 2023: 13.01CMI Tessellate Cube Open 2024: 10.97mcubes Twist Gala 2024: 11.09Synocubix 2024: 9.03VIT Cube Open 2024: 11.05Korum Cube Challenge 2024: 10.86Salem Summer Open 2024: 10.32Fastest Fingers First Pune 2024: 12.14Kota Cube Festival 2024: 9.62Surat Cubing Sprint 2024: 9.63Kumaraguru Cube Open 2024: 10.00Pune Unscrambled 2024: 10.98Kalyani Cube Open 2024: 11.78i.Cube Gandhinagar Open 2024: 9.77SSN Cube Open 2025: 11.90Synocubix Gandhinagar 2025: 11.39Anna Kalyanam in Jolarpet 2025: 9.90Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 2025: 10.06IISER Pune Summer Open 2025: 11.71Pune Unscrambled 2025: 9.98VIT Cube Open 2025: 11.28DAU Gandhinagar Cube Open 2025: 9.33Pune Twistathon 2025: 9.95Six Face Cube Run at TRINS 2025: 11.72Synocubix Gandhinagar 2026: 12.29Surat Cube Open 2026: 11.20Solve N Cruise at Serene Alleppey 2026: 9.9024K Glitterati Cube Open 2026: 11.36Mumbai Twistathon 2026: 10.93Mumbai Monsoon Cube Fiesta 2026: 12.219.0356.844 Jan 20149 Aug 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.

Next targets

  • A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.20 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.03 away.

Targets move as he improves.