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Rishikesh Joshi

2×2 · top 7.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2015 · 2015JOSH11

Rishikesh Joshi has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.31, set at Rubik's Cube Mumbai Open 2016, puts him in the top 7.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,838th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since October 2015, he has put 193 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 5.52 in October 2015 to 2.31, a 58% improvement. Rishikesh has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 7.1% of 186,767 all-time
2.31
signature single · Rubik's Cube Mumbai Open 2016
193
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×22.313.60
top 7.1%2,838 / 40,951
Pyraminx5.9410.28
top 19.5%5,215 / 28,708
3×315.0320.98
top 24.5%13,323 / 59,724
Skewb6.558.60
top 30.1%4,955 / 18,907
4×41:27.291:42.21
top 61.6%10,761 / 19,072

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

Cubing ATMOSphere 2015: 5.52Rubik's Cube Mumbai Open 2015: 3.42Cubing ATMOSphere 2016: 2.58P3 Grand Open 2016: 3.40Rubik's Cube Mumbai Open 2016: 2.31P3 Grand Open - Feb 2017: 2.73Deccan Cube Open - August 2017: 3.542.315.5210 Oct 201513 Aug 2017

Best single per competition, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.31 away.
  • A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.94 away.

Targets move as he improves.