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Rakesh M. Vaideeswaran

3×3 · top 3.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2012 · 2012VAID02

Rakesh M. Vaideeswaran has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.29, set at Shaastra Cube Open 2019, puts him in the top 3.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 317th in India. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 20 competitions since October 2012, he has put 735 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 58% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 32.09 in October 2012 to 8.29, a 74% improvement. Rakesh has entered 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.3% of 284,439 all-time
8.29
signature single · Shaastra Cube Open 2019
735
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 58% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
3×38.299.90
top 3.3%317 / 20,018
2×22.184.19
top 6.0%468 / 12,146
3×3 one-handed16.1519.67
top 10.6%342 / 4,516
4×446.9250.13
top 20.7%592 / 4,186
Square-118.0525.96
top 23.5%149 / 805
Clock10.4711.75
top 27.4%233 / 1,092
3×3 blindfolded1:51.483:46.75
top 30.5%134 / 598
3×3 Fewest Moves40 moves42.67
top 48.3%225 / 600
Pyraminx10.6614.68
top 58.0%3,963 / 8,934
Megaminx2:39.993:03.32
top 66.0%776 / 1,443
5×52:56.733:18.83
top 77.0%1,054 / 1,525
Skewb14.7627.79
top 77.5%2,347 / 3,524
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 3 cubes · 24:34—
early days — 3 solves144 / 168

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

Chennai Mathematical Institute Open 2012: 32.09Shaastra Cube Open 2013: 19.01CMI Fiesta Open 2013: 16.14VIT Rubik's Challenge 2013: 12.51Shaastra Cube Open 2014: 11.99Carte Blanche Kube Open 2014: 11.22CMI Fiesta Open 2014: 10.63Pantheon Cube Open 2014: 10.27C3 Cube Open 2014: 10.75VIT Rubiks Cube Challenge 2014: 11.37Shaastra Cube Open 2015: 8.60Indian Nationals 2015: 10.04Montfort Championship 2016: 8.98Ban Parity Open 2017: 8.69NIT Trichy Open 2017: 8.65Grand Cube Open 2017: 9.47Shaastra Cube Open 2019: 8.29Pragyan Cube Open 2019: 8.88C3 Cup Finale 2019: 8.978.2932.096 Oct 201228 Dec 2019

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.29 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.18 away.

Targets move as he improves.