People · India
Rithvik Siam
3×3 · top 6.5% of 288,433 all-time · competing since May 2015 · 2015SIAM01
Rithvik Siam has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.62, set at CET Cubing Paradox 2017, puts him in the top 6.5% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 692nd in India. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since May 2015, he has put 522 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 65% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.12 in May 2015 to 9.62, a 57% improvement. Rithvik has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% 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 | 9.62 | 12.38 | top 6.5% | 692 / 20,146 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.30 | 20.55 | top 16.0% | 547 / 4,534 | |
| 2×2 | 3.34 | 4.34 | top 18.3% | 1,549 / 12,225 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.23 | 8.50 | top 21.7% | 1,326 / 8,971 | |
| Megaminx | 1:21.11 | 1:29.17 | top 22.6% | 219 / 1,458 | |
| 4×4 | 48.60 | 54.71 | top 23.0% | 693 / 4,220 | |
| Skewb | 6.94 | 9.12 | top 33.3% | 949 / 3,548 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 36 moves | 44.67 | early days — 3 solves | 142 / 612 | |
| 5×5 | 2:07.92 | 2:13.39 | top 54.3% | 711 / 1,537 | |
| Clock | 19.86 | 22.17 | top 64.2% | 588 / 1,109 | |
| Square-1 | 42.61 | 45.56 | top 68.5% | 495 / 813 | |
| 6×6 | 6:23.70 | — | early days — 1 solve | 485 / 537 |
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
- 6 Jan 2018Four personal bests in one day at Shaastra Cube Open 2018.
- 1 Oct 2017First sub-10 3×3: 9.62 at CET Cubing Paradox 2017.
- 1 Oct 2017Six personal bests in one day at CET Cubing Paradox 2017.
- 12 Aug 2017Five personal bests in one day at ICC Juniors August 2017.
- 8 Apr 2017Six personal bests in one day at Ban Parity Open 2017.
- 26 Nov 2016First sub-15 3×3: 13.97 at Montfort Championship 2016.
Competitions
- Indian Elite Championship 2026 · 2 Oct 2026
- Cubing Comes to Madurai 2025 · 20 Apr 2025
- CMI Tessellate Cube Open 2023 · 4 Feb 2023
- SRM Cube Open 2019 · 19 Oct 2019
- Oakridge Cube Open - April 2018 · 14 Apr 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Shaastra Cube Open 2018 · 6 Jan 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- CET Cubing Paradox 2017 · 1 Oct 2017 — 6 personal bests set
- ICC Juniors August 2017 · 12 Aug 2017 — 5 personal bests set
- Ban Parity Open 2017 · 8 Apr 2017 — 6 personal bests set
- Montfort Championship 2016 · 26 Nov 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Shaastra Cube Open 2016 · 23 Jan 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- REC Cube Challenge 2015 · 2 Oct 2015 — 5 personal bests set
- Brain Studio Cube Open 2015 · 29 Aug 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- Indian Nationals 2015 · 29 May 2015
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.
- Pradeep Sudakar — met in 42 rounds, finished ahead 29 times
- PK Arumugam — met in 41 rounds, finished ahead 24 times
- Bhargav Narasimhan — met in 41 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.62 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 6,118 people have one; it is 3.30 away.
Targets move as he improves.