People · Australia
Rishikesh Kuppal
3×3 · top 5.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2022 · 2022KUPP01
Rishikesh Kuppal has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.12, set at Melbourne Cube Days 2023, puts him in the top 5.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 479th in Australia. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since August 2022, he has put 227 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 66% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.81 in August 2022 to 9.12, a 54% improvement. Rishikesh has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.12 | 12.67 | top 5.1% | 479 / 11,709 | |
| 2×2 | 2.85 | 4.05 | top 12.6% | 953 / 8,567 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.51 | 6.91 | top 16.5% | 805 / 5,993 | |
| Square-1 | 16.82 | 23.71 | top 20.6% | 200 / 899 | |
| 4×4 | 50.51 | 56.89 | top 25.4% | 644 / 3,051 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.64 | 27.03 | top 30.5% | 696 / 2,659 | |
| Skewb | 8.33 | 12.17 | top 43.8% | 1,357 / 3,534 | |
| Megaminx | 2:10.16 | — | top 51.3% | 625 / 1,277 | |
| 5×5 | 2:38.14 | — | early days — 2 solves | 979 / 1,356 |
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
- 11 Nov 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.12 at Melbourne Cube Days 2023.
- 11 Nov 2023Three personal bests in one day at Melbourne Cube Days 2023.
- 18 Mar 2023Five personal bests in one day at Speedcubing at Seaworks 2023.
- 15 Oct 2022First sub-15 3×3: 14.23 at Koalafication Melbourne 2022.
- 15 Oct 2022Six personal bests in one day at Koalafication Melbourne 2022.
- 13 Aug 2022First competition: Melbourne Trilogy Saturday 2022. A 20.41 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Altona Algorithms 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Melbourne Cube Days 2023 · 11 Nov 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Victorian Open 2023 · 1 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Speedcubing at Seaworks 2023 · 18 Mar 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Koalafication Melbourne 2022 · 15 Oct 2022 — 6 personal bests set
- Melbourne Trilogy Saturday 2022 · 13 Aug 2022 — 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.
- Ben Wakelin — met in 48 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Phoenix Patterson — met in 48 rounds, never finished ahead
- Oliver Drew — met in 47 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.12 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.85 away.
Targets move as he improves.