People · United States
Riyaan Sethi
3×3 · top 12.6% of 288,433 all-time · competing since May 2025 · 2025SETH01
Riyaan Sethi has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.62, set at Welcome to Washington D.C. 2026, puts him in the top 12.6% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6,873rd in the United States. Across 5 competitions since May 2025, he has put 102 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.00 in May 2025 to 11.62, a 35% improvement. Riyaan has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 11.62 | 14.00 | top 12.6% | 6,873 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 3.50 | 5.01 | top 20.3% | 8,054 / 41,674 | |
| Skewb | 7.86 | 10.10 | top 40.3% | 7,046 / 19,164 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.51 | 11.02 | top 40.7% | 11,832 / 29,168 | |
| 4×4 | 1:07.31 | 1:15.54 | top 44.3% | 7,428 / 19,354 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 37.52 | 56.75 | top 61.7% | 8,816 / 15,900 | |
| Square-1 | 38.82 | 51.78 | top 64.0% | 4,269 / 6,846 | |
| Clock | 20.01 | 24.71 | top 64.7% | 5,670 / 9,172 |
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
- 2 Jul 2026Four personal bests in one day at Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026.
- 27 Sep 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.30 at Slow N Steady UMD Fall 2025.
- 27 Sep 2025Five personal bests in one day at Slow N Steady UMD Fall 2025.
- 10 May 2025First competition: UMBC Spring 2025. A 18.00 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026 · 2 Jul 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Welcome to Washington D.C. 2026 · 25 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Slow N Steady UMD Fall 2025 · 27 Sep 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Colonial Cube Clash VA Summer 2025 · 21 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- UMBC Spring 2025 · 10 May 2025
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.
- Pierce Tickle — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Warren Morris — met in 20 rounds, never finished ahead
- Anderson Hong — met in 20 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 1.62 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.50 away.
Targets move as he improves.