People · India
Rishi Shanmugam
3×3 · top 6.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2025 · 2025SHAN02
Rishi Shanmugam has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.47, set at Cubing at Spencer Plaza 2026, puts him in the top 6.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 638th in India. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since February 2025, he has put 215 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 77% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.77 in February 2025 to 9.47, a 26% improvement. Rishi has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% 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 | 9.47 | 11.04 | top 6.0% | 638 / 20,018 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.19 | 19.93 | top 10.7% | 349 / 4,516 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.66 | 6.67 | top 11.2% | 641 / 8,934 | |
| Skewb | 4.24 | 6.54 | top 12.6% | 335 / 3,524 | |
| 2×2 | 3.03 | 4.95 | top 14.6% | 1,203 / 12,146 | |
| 4×4 | 51.03 | 56.62 | top 26.0% | 765 / 4,186 | |
| Square-1 | 24.06 | 28.60 | top 36.9% | 252 / 805 | |
| Megaminx | 2:04.06 | — | top 48.0% | 555 / 1,443 | |
| Clock | 16.39 | 21.71 | top 53.3% | 461 / 1,092 | |
| 5×5 | 2:33.58 | — | early days — 2 solves | 904 / 1,525 |
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
- 28 Mar 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.47 at Cubing at Spencer Plaza 2026.
- 15 Nov 2025Four personal bests in one day at SSN Cube Challenge 2025.
- 3 Aug 2025Three personal bests in one day at Play Extreme Cubing A 2025.
- 22 Feb 2025First competition: Pragyan Cube Open 2025. A 12.77 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cubing at Vivira A 2026 · 9 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing at Spencer Plaza 2026 · 28 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- SSN Cube Challenge 2025 · 15 Nov 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Play Extreme Cubing A 2025 · 3 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Pragyan Cube Open 2025 · 22 Feb 2025 — 2 personal bests 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.
- Dhruv Thirumalairajan — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Sahas Darsh Miglani — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Mohamed Arif — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead 24 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.47 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 1.19 away.
Targets move as he improves.