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Rian Ganesh

3×3 · top 4.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2022 · 2022GANE01

Rian Ganesh has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.87, set at ALL1- Pittsburgh 2023, puts him in the top 4.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,536th in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since May 2022, he has put 270 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 62% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 5 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.49 in May 2022 to 8.87, a 68% improvement. Rian has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 4.6% of 284,439 all-time
8.87
signature single · ALL1- Pittsburgh 2023
270
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 62% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×38.8710.80
top 4.6%2,536 / 59,724
2×22.584.09
top 9.7%3,826 / 40,951
Pyraminx6.468.89
top 23.5%6,372 / 28,708
4×450.921:01.70
top 25.8%3,979 / 19,072
5×51:34.571:47.27
top 31.1%2,460 / 9,401
3×3 one-handed25.3728.25
top 35.2%4,651 / 15,683
Skewb8.2210.17
top 43.0%7,537 / 18,907
Megaminx2:14.702:35.48
top 53.6%4,026 / 7,841
6×64:01.43
early days — 1 solve2,552 / 4,196
7×77:53.73
early days — 1 solve2,816 / 3,184

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

Country Roads Huntington 2022: 27.49Owings Mills Summer 2022: 21.36Pittsburgh Summer A 2022: 17.56Slow N Steady Fall 2022: 14.20Slow N Steady Spring 2023: 10.49Clash at Carlisle Spring 2023: 11.45Warwick Cube Day 2023: 12.95Pretzel Mania Summer 2023: 9.52ALL1- Pittsburgh 2023: 8.87Pennsylvania Championship 2024: 10.298.8727.4928 May 202221 Jun 2024

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 0.87 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.58 away.

Targets move as he improves.