People · United States
Rishi Merai
3×3 · top 6.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2023 · 2023MERA02
Rishi Merai has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.59, set at Racing Kane 2025, puts him in the top 6.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,505th in the United States. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since October 2023, he has put 83 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.27 in October 2023 to 9.59, a 50% improvement. Rishi has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.59 | 10.84 | top 6.3% | 3,505 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.56 | 9.73 | top 16.8% | 4,461 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 3.97 | 4.70 | top 26.1% | 10,293 / 40,951 | |
| 5×5 | 1:40.67 | 1:47.85 | top 35.9% | 2,846 / 9,401 | |
| Clock | 19.13 | 23.09 | top 62.1% | 5,251 / 8,927 |
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
- 18 May 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.85 at Chicago Area Twist Spring A 2024.
- 18 May 2024Three personal bests in one day at Chicago Area Twist Spring A 2024.
- 11 Nov 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.58 at Evanston Fall Mini B 2023.
- 11 Nov 2023Three personal bests in one day at Evanston Fall Mini B 2023.
- 21 Oct 2023First competition: Evanston Fall 2023. A 22.10 3×3 single to start from.
- 21 Oct 2023First sub-20 3×3: 19.27 at Evanston Fall 2023.
Competitions
- Racing Kane 2025 · 1 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Chicago Area Twist Spring A 2024 · 18 May 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Evanston Fall Mini B 2023 · 11 Nov 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Evanston Fall 2023 · 21 Oct 2023 — 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.
- Carter Thomas — met in 17 rounds, never finished ahead
- Sebastian Carrillo — met in 13 rounds, never finished ahead
- Daniel Perez — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.59 away.
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.56 away.
Targets move as he improves.