People · India
Rannanjay Singh Kotwal
2×2 · top 1.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2023 · 2023KOTW01
Rannanjay Singh Kotwal has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.34, set at DIA EH Cube for Change Dubai A 2025, puts him in the top 1.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 105th in India. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since May 2023, he has put 156 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.99 in May 2023 to 7.86, a 48% improvement. Rannanjay has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | India | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.34 | 2.59 | top 1.5% | 105 / 12,146 | |
| 3×3 | 7.86 | 9.32 | top 2.5% | 241 / 20,018 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.25 | 4.44 | top 4.5% | 255 / 8,934 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 14.61 | 17.52 | top 7.3% | 233 / 4,516 | |
| 4×4 | 37.00 | 40.42 | top 8.7% | 234 / 4,186 | |
| Skewb | 5.57 | 7.08 | top 22.5% | 622 / 3,524 |
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
- 13 Sep 2025Three personal bests in one day at Dubai American Academy Open 2025.
- 25 Jan 2025Three personal bests in one day at DIA EH Cube for Change Dubai A 2025.
- 22 Jun 2024First sub-10 3×3: 8.81 at Raffles World Academy Dubai 2024.
- 22 Jun 2024Five personal bests in one day at Raffles World Academy Dubai 2024.
- 21 May 2023First competition: Raha Open 2023. A 14.99 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- DIA EH Cube for Change Dubai B 2026 · 1 Feb 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Dubai American Academy Open 2025 · 13 Sep 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- DIA EH Cube for Change Dubai A 2025 · 25 Jan 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Raffles World Academy Dubai 2024 · 22 Jun 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Dubai Open 2024 · 27 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Raha Open 2023 · 21 May 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.
- Armax Zander Guevara — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Abdallah Belal Omar — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Jaineel Nileshkumar Shah — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.34 away.
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.86 away.
Targets move as he improves.