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Rik Ganguli Biswas
3×3 · top 4.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2016 · 2016BISW02
Rik Ganguli Biswas has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.77, set at IISERK Spring Open 2019, puts him in the top 4.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 425th in India. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since August 2016, he has put 471 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 67% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.36 in August 2016 to 8.77, a 59% improvement. Rik has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | India | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.77 | 12.88 | top 4.3% | 425 / 20,018 | |
| Megaminx | 48.48 | 53.85 | top 4.4% | 33 / 1,443 | |
| 4×4 | 40.67 | 48.69 | top 12.9% | 346 / 4,186 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.81 | 21.61 | top 14.6% | 500 / 4,516 | |
| 2×2 | 3.83 | 5.75 | top 24.3% | 2,123 / 12,146 | |
| Skewb | 6.65 | 10.09 | top 30.9% | 860 / 3,524 | |
| 5×5 | 1:37.64 | 1:50.61 | top 33.6% | 413 / 1,525 | |
| 6×6 | 3:12.10 | 3:18.11 | top 46.8% | 210 / 531 | |
| 7×7 | 5:14.64 | 5:42.01 | early days — 3 solves | 186 / 360 | |
| Pyraminx | 13.97 | 19.83 | top 77.7% | 5,771 / 8,934 |
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
- 9 Nov 2019Four personal bests in one day at City of Joy Open 2019.
- 9 Feb 2019First sub-10 3×3: 8.77 at IISERK Spring Open 2019.
- 3 Feb 2018Eight personal bests in one day at Inquivesta Cube Open 2018.
- 3 Jun 2017First sub-15 3×3: 14.06 at City of Joy Open 2017.
- 3 Jun 2017Seven personal bests in one day at City of Joy Open 2017.
- 7 Jan 2017First sub-20 3×3: 16.55 at Cubers East India Open 2017.
Competitions
- City of Joy Open 2019 · 9 Nov 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- IISERK Cube Open 2019 · 28 Sep 2019 — 1 personal best set
- IISERK Spring Open 2019 · 9 Feb 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Enginerds Cube Open 2018 · 6 Oct 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- CubeHub 2.0 Open 2018 · 18 Aug 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- City of Joy Open 2018 · 29 Apr 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Inquivesta Cube Open 2018 · 3 Feb 2018 — 8 personal bests set
- City of Joy Open 2017 · 3 Jun 2017 — 7 personal bests set
- Cubers East India Open 2017 · 7 Jan 2017 — 6 personal bests set
- CEIC Masterda Open 2016 · 6 Aug 2016 — 1 personal best 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.
- Samay Saini — met in 70 rounds, finished ahead 49 times · head to head
- Anunak Roy — met in 63 rounds, finished ahead 27 times
- Debanjan Poddar — met in 50 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.77 away.
- A sub-40 Megaminx single — 557 people have one; it is 8.48 away.
Targets move as he improves.