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Riyaan Bajaj

2×2 · top 4.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2023 · 2023BAJA01

Riyaan Bajaj has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.88, set at Wakefield Winter 2024, puts him in the top 4.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,585th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 24 competitions since January 2023, he has put 526 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 92% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 40.19 in January 2023 to 9.39, a 77% improvement. Riyaan has entered 24 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 4.0% of 186,767 all-time
1.88
signature single · Wakefield Winter 2024
526
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 92% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×21.883.77
top 4.0%1,585 / 40,951
3×39.3910.95
top 5.8%3,233 / 59,724
Clock6.637.52
top 9.6%738 / 8,927
Pyraminx4.587.89
top 10.7%2,793 / 28,708
4×446.6056.47
top 20.3%3,085 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed25.3632.43
top 35.2%4,646 / 15,683
Skewb8.4213.44
top 44.4%7,818 / 18,907
Megaminx2:03.15—
top 47.5%3,522 / 7,841
5×52:08.39—
top 54.5%4,608 / 9,401

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

Pioneer Valley Cubing B 2023: 40.19Loon Cubikon 2023: 25.23Fall River Cubikon 2024: 14.95Cubing at the Y - Stoughton 2024: 13.55Lexington Weeknights IV 2024: 14.94CubingUSA New England Championship 2024: 14.21Loon Cubikon 2024: 13.13Wakefield Winter 2024: 15.86Fall River Cubikon 2025: 12.64Lexington Weeknights I 2025: 12.70Lexington Weeknights II 2025: 12.58Upper Valley Cube Day 2025: 12.63Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 12.73Lexington Weeknights III 2025: 14.15Lexington Weeknights IV 2025: 10.94CubingUSA New England Championship 2025: 11.43Lexington Weeknights V 2025: 11.52Fitchburg Fall 2025: 10.65Loon Cubikon NH 2025: 10.38New Hampshire Championship 2025: 10.90Ipswich Fall 2025: 10.29Wide Moves & Waterslides CT 2026: 9.39The Battle of Concord MA 2026: 10.739.3940.1922 Jan 20238 Feb 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.

  • Derek White — met in 96 rounds, finished ahead twice
  • Ryan Durette — met in 93 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
  • Justin Lee — met in 84 rounds, finished ahead 6 times

Next targets

  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.88 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.39 away.

Targets move as he improves.