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Rithish Subramanian Panchi

3×3 · top 4.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2022 · 2022PANC06

Rithish Subramanian Panchi has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.87, set at MCC Cube Open 2023, puts him in the top 4.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 456th in India. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since October 2022, he has put 157 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 93% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.85 in October 2022 to 8.87, a 31% improvement. Rithish has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 4.6% of 284,439 all-time
8.87
signature single · MCC Cube Open 2023
157
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 93% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
3×38.8711.16
top 4.6%456 / 20,018
2×24.165.11
top 28.5%2,489 / 12,146
3×3 one-handed29.6035.84
top 45.8%1,708 / 4,516
Pyraminx10.4915.24
top 56.8%3,850 / 8,934
3×3 Fewest Moves46 moves49.00
early days — 3 solves357 / 600
4×41:40.49
early days — 2 solves2,525 / 4,186
Skewb19.9533.86
top 89.6%2,827 / 3,524

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

Thoothukudi Cube Open 2022: 12.85KSRCT Cube Open 2022: 10.93Cubing Sunday in SSN 2022: 11.16CMI Tessellate Cube Open 2023: 11.45MCC Cube Open 2023: 8.87SSN Cube Saturday 2023: 11.96VIT Cube Open 2024: 11.02Biyagama Cubing Blitz 2025: 10.368.8712.859 Oct 202214 Jun 2025

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.87 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.16 away.

Targets move as he improves.