People · United States
Rishi Raj
3×3 · top 4.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2019 · 2019RAJR01
Rishi Raj has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.73, set at DFW Cubing Spring 2022, puts him in the top 4.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,366th in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since June 2019, he has put 304 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 71% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.19 in June 2019 to 8.73, a 61% improvement. Rishi 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 | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.73 | 10.27 | top 4.2% | 2,366 / 59,724 | |
| Square-1 | 10.17 | 14.28 | top 6.4% | 470 / 6,743 | |
| 4×4 | 36.63 | 43.27 | top 8.3% | 1,251 / 19,072 | |
| Megaminx | 57.50 | 1:05.07 | top 8.7% | 595 / 7,841 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.67 | 8.07 | top 11.2% | 2,922 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.83 | 24.46 | top 14.6% | 1,906 / 15,683 | |
| 2×2 | 3.30 | 4.34 | top 17.8% | 6,967 / 40,951 | |
| 5×5 | 1:26.00 | 1:29.73 | top 24.1% | 1,870 / 9,401 | |
| 6×6 | 2:56.27 | 3:08.22 | top 39.2% | 1,427 / 4,196 | |
| 7×7 | 4:25.35 | 4:37.00 | top 39.6% | 1,119 / 3,184 | |
| Skewb | 10.40 | 13.68 | top 57.4% | 10,476 / 18,907 |
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
- 23 Apr 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.66 at DFW Cubing Spring 2022.
- 23 Apr 2022Five personal bests in one day at DFW Cubing Spring 2022.
- 22 Jan 2022Three personal bests in one day at Baton Rouge Winter 2022.
- 22 Feb 2020Four personal bests in one day at Trinity Valley Spring 2020.
- 28 Sep 2019Three personal bests in one day at Dallas Side Event Day 2019.
- 20 Jul 2019First sub-20 3×3: 14.83 at Forum Monsoon Open 2019.
Competitions
- Cube With Intention in Denton 2022 · 17 Dec 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- DFW Cubing Fall 2022 · 23 Oct 2022 — 1 personal best set
- DFW Cubing Summer 2022 · 14 Aug 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- DFW Cubing Spring 2022 · 23 Apr 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Baton Rouge Winter 2022 · 22 Jan 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubing Is A Sport Frisco AM 2021 · 10 Jul 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Trinity Valley Spring 2020 · 22 Feb 2020 — 4 personal bests set
- Dallas Side Event Day 2019 · 28 Sep 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Forum Monsoon Open 2019 · 20 Jul 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Southern Championship 2019 · 1 Jun 2019
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.
- Ryan Pilat — met in 52 rounds, finished ahead once
- Jose Ortiz Jr. — met in 49 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Denniel Santos — met in 47 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.73 away.
- A sub-10 Square-1 single — 1,533 people have one; it is 0.17 away.
Targets move as he improves.