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Ritesh R Nair

Skewb · top 1.3% of 73,281 all-time · competing since August 2022 · 2022NAIR06

Ritesh R Nair has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 1.95, set at Reliance Alleppey Open 2023, puts him in the top 1.3% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 26th in India. Until December 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 34 competitions since August 2022, he has put 1,625 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 73% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.66 in August 2022 to 7.19, a 54% improvement. Ritesh has entered 34 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 1.3% of 73,281 all-time
1.95
signature single · Reliance Alleppey Open 2023
1,625
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 73% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
Skewb1.952.88
top 1.3%26 / 3,524
3×37.199.82
top 1.6%142 / 20,018
3×3 one-handed12.0415.32
top 3.0%88 / 4,516
Clock5.356.58
top 5.3%40 / 1,092
4×434.4438.49
top 6.2%165 / 4,186
2×22.643.26
top 10.3%853 / 12,146
Megaminx1:01.381:11.11
top 10.7%90 / 1,443
5×51:12.521:28.57
top 13.4%152 / 1,525
3×3 Fewest Moves31 moves46.33
top 17.4%56 / 600
Pyraminx5.687.78
top 17.6%1,048 / 8,934
3×3 blindfolded1:40.842:10.87
top 26.9%114 / 598
6×62:39.322:53.44
top 30.4%124 / 531
7×74:14.934:37.45
top 36.1%106 / 360
Square-125.7732.09
top 40.8%283 / 805
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 2 cubes · 14:22—
early days — 1 solve104 / 168

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

mcubes Open 2022: 15.66mcubes Winter Open 2022: 13.22Cubing at Punnamada 2023: 13.43mcubes Cube Open 2023: 12.08Reliance Alleppey Open 2023: 10.62mcubes Twist Gala 2024: 9.88mcubes Cubing Clash 2024: 10.51Calicut Cubing Conquest 2024: 9.64mcubes Alleppey Open 2024: 10.24Kumaraguru Cube Open 2024: 10.62SABA Cube Open Kerala 2024: 9.27Bangalore Cube Open 2024: 10.55Trivandrum Cube Open 2025: 9.31NxNs at Finprov 2025: 10.06Amrita Newcomers Twistathon 2025: 7.19Amrita Cube Open 2025: 9.57Sanskara Cube Open 2025: 8.87Malabar Cubing Clash 2025: 9.40South India Cube Championship 2025: 8.92Calicut Cubing Conquest 2025: 8.60Cubing Kerala Travancore Open 2025: 10.03mcubes Alleppey Open 2025: 9.25Six Face Cube Run at TRINS 2025: 9.51Calicut Cubing Gambit 2026: 8.23MoT Cube Open 2026: 8.99Solve N Cruise at Serene Alleppey 2026: 9.86Indian Cube Challenge BLR 2026: 8.06Malabar Cubing Clash 2026: 8.607.1915.6613 Aug 202211 Jul 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. 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-1 Skewb single — 35 people have one; it is 0.95 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.19 away.

Targets move as he improves.