People · Nepal
Rajin Shrestha
3×3 · top 4.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2016 · 2016SHRE03
Rajin Shrestha has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.62, set at GhanaTantra 2018, puts him in the top 4.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 10th in Nepal. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since January 2016, he has put 591 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 91% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.76 in January 2016 to 8.62, a 45% improvement. Rajin 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 | Nepal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.62 | 12.23 | top 4.0% | 10 / 562 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.00 | 21.66 | top 10.2% | 10 / 132 | |
| 2×2 | 2.63 | 5.35 | top 10.2% | 24 / 262 | |
| 4×4 | 42.75 | 48.49 | top 15.4% | 16 / 120 | |
| Skewb | 5.42 | 9.39 | top 21.4% | 27 / 96 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.20 | 11.90 | top 46.6% | 80 / 193 | |
| 5×5 | 2:27.93 | 2:43.29 | top 64.8% | 26 / 42 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 49 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 10 / 14 |
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
- 5 Jan 2019Four personal bests in one day at Pokhara Cube Open 2019.
- 25 Aug 2018Three personal bests in one day at Cube Mahotsav 2018.
- 2 Jun 2018First sub-10 3×3: 8.62 at GhanaTantra 2018.
- 12 Aug 2017Three personal bests in one day at Cube Jatra 2017.
- 19 Mar 2016First sub-15 3×3: 10.07 at Nepal Speedcubing 2016.
- 19 Mar 2016Seven personal bests in one day at Nepal Speedcubing 2016.
Competitions
- Osan Summer 2025 · 29 Jun 2025
- Daejeon Spring 2025 · 25 May 2025
- Korea Newcomers PM 2025 · 8 Mar 2025
- KUbing Nepal 2023 · 2 Dec 2023
- Welcome Back Nepal 2022 · 17 Jun 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- BhanuBhakta Cube Open 2020 · 21 Feb 2020 — 1 personal best set
- Cube Jatra 2019 · 16 Nov 2019
- Nepali Nationals 2019 · 24 May 2019
- Pokhara Cube Open 2019 · 5 Jan 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Nepal Open 2018 · 23 Nov 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Cube Mahotsav 2018 · 25 Aug 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- GhanaTantra 2018 · 2 Jun 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Nepal Open 2017 · 24 Dec 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Cube Jatra 2017 · 12 Aug 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Nepal Speedcubing 2016 · 19 Mar 2016 — 7 personal bests set
- Nepal Open 2016 · 16 Jan 2016 — 2 personal bests set
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.
- Anup Adhikari — met in 94 rounds, finished ahead 23 times
- Salon Ngakhushi — met in 66 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Ankit Sanjel — met in 64 rounds, finished ahead 35 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.62 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 1.00 away.
Targets move as he improves.