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Raj Bhagat
3×3 · top 3.2% of 288,433 all-time · competing since October 2023 · 2023BHAG05
Raj Bhagat has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.23, set at Derwood Cubing Derby Spring 2026, puts him in the top 3.2% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,859th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since October 2023, he has put 338 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 57% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.15 in October 2023 to 8.23, a 67% improvement. Raj has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.23 | 10.29 | top 3.2% | 1,859 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 2.85 | 4.63 | top 12.6% | 5,036 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.70 | 30.03 | top 28.0% | 3,659 / 15,900 | |
| 4×4 | 1:00.47 | 1:04.70 | top 37.0% | 6,050 / 19,354 | |
| Skewb | 7.70 | 13.79 | top 39.1% | 6,811 / 19,164 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.35 | 12.14 | top 39.3% | 11,408 / 29,168 | |
| Megaminx | 2:04.87 | 2:19.60 | top 48.6% | 3,682 / 8,026 | |
| Clock | 15.98 | 17.09 | top 51.9% | 4,371 / 9,172 | |
| Square-1 | 53.44 | 1:01.76 | top 79.1% | 5,331 / 6,846 |
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
- 2 Aug 2025Three personal bests in one day at More Cubing with the Cougars WV 2025.
- 3 Jul 2025Three personal bests in one day at Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025.
- 21 Sep 2024Three personal bests in one day at UMBC Fall 2024.
- 14 Sep 2024Three personal bests in one day at Gaithersburg Back to School 2024.
- 31 Aug 2024First sub-10 3×3: 8.74 at Pretzel Mania Summer 2024.
- 31 Aug 2024Three personal bests in one day at Pretzel Mania Summer 2024.
Competitions
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026 · 2 Jul 2026
- Derwood Cubing Derby Spring 2026 · 9 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Slow N Steady UMD Fall 2025 · 27 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- More Cubing with the Cougars WV 2025 · 2 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 · 3 Jul 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady UMD Spring 2025 · 23 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- River Hill Fall 2024 · 7 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Slow N Steady UMD Fall 2024 · 9 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- UMBC Fall 2024 · 21 Sep 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Gaithersburg Back to School 2024 · 14 Sep 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Pretzel Mania Summer 2024 · 31 Aug 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- River Hill Spring 2024 · 27 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- UMBC Winter 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- MoCo Cubing Winter 2024 · 20 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- River Hill Fall 2023 · 21 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Slow N Steady Fall 2023 · 7 Oct 2023
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.
- Rich Tayag — met in 61 rounds, finished ahead 38 times
- Brad Hoffman — met in 61 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
- Stone Payne — met in 60 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.23 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.85 away.
Targets move as he improves.