People · Canada
Rian Popat
3×3 · top 8.1% of 288,433 all-time · competing since February 2016 · 2016POPA02
Rian Popat has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.19, set at Vancouver's on Tracks 2024, puts him in the top 8.1% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 751st in Canada. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since February 2016, he has put 182 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 84% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.27 in February 2016 to 10.19, a 60% improvement. Rian has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.19 | 12.89 | top 8.1% | 751 / 10,502 | |
| 2×2 | 2.77 | 4.54 | top 11.7% | 785 / 7,245 | |
| Megaminx | 1:04.95 | 1:17.50 | top 12.7% | 115 / 1,393 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.93 | 7.39 | top 19.5% | 809 / 4,913 | |
| 5×5 | 1:31.88 | 1:38.74 | top 29.0% | 369 / 1,546 | |
| 4×4 | 56.54 | 59.27 | top 32.7% | 874 / 3,180 | |
| Skewb | 8.08 | 9.36 | top 42.0% | 1,078 / 2,928 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 28.84 | 33.05 | top 44.1% | 1,013 / 2,632 | |
| Square-1 | 29.52 | 43.79 | top 48.5% | 426 / 973 | |
| 6×6 | 3:27.41 | 3:35.97 | early days — 3 solves | 299 / 683 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 4:17.45 | — | top 71.8% | 260 / 362 | |
| 7×7 | 6:24.12 | — | early days — 1 solve | 347 / 519 |
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
- 8 Jun 2024Three personal bests in one day at Vancouver's on Tracks 2024.
- 23 May 2022Three personal bests in one day at BC Cubing Springback B 2022.
- 4 Jan 2020Three personal bests in one day at UBC Open 2020.
- 2 Dec 2018Three personal bests in one day at Vancouver Select Winter 2018.
- 30 Sep 2018First sub-15 3×3: 12.32 at Vancouver Select 2018.
- 30 Sep 2018Three personal bests in one day at Vancouver Select 2018.
Competitions
- Vancouver's on Tracks 2024 · 8 Jun 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- BC Cubing Springback B 2022 · 23 May 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- UBC Open 2020 · 4 Jan 2020 — 3 personal bests set
- Downtown Vancouver Spring 2019 · 23 Mar 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Vancouver Select Winter 2018 · 2 Dec 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Vancouver Select 2018 · 30 Sep 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- St. John's Spring Open 2018 · 23 Jun 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Vancouver Open Winter 2016 · 6 Feb 2016
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.
- Noah Stelting — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Kenny Zhong — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Vianne Chang — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.19 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.77 away.
Targets move as he improves.