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Date registered2010-02-16 12:00 AM
Last logon2024-12-08 9:47 PM
Total posts774 500100100202020
Rank[auth] Mean Minis (2020) Author [/auth]
LMI RatingsCurrent RankCurrent RatingsBest RankBest RatingsRatings History
LMI Puzzle Ratings 186 474.5587 46 612.1576 History
LMI Sudoku Ratings 196 541.9482 29 834.1864 History

Daily Contestsrakesh_rai's Rankrakesh_rai's ScoreTest Max Score
Nurimisaki Nomad 91 1971 3147
Yajilin Yacht 96 1926 3148
Kakuro Kart 59 2193 3058
Kurotto Kingdom 90 1964 3149
Voxas Vacation 89 1917 3089
Rassi Silai Race 143 1600 3085
Tapa Variations Contest - XXII Test Solver
Classic Tapa Contest - 2016 111 227.9 606.4
Classic Tapa Contest - 2013 109 152.2 407.8
Classic Tapa Contest - 2012 106 207.739 501.944
Puzzle Testrakesh_rai's Rankrakesh_rai's ScoreTest Max ScorePSRSNSW
2024R6 (Snake & Casual) 93 72.5 0
2024R5 (Shading & Regions) 177 35 0
2024R4 (Word & OP) 112 60.9 0
2024R3 (Evergreens & MII) 155 39.4 0
2024R2 (Loops & Numbers) 221 26 0
2024R1 (Classics) 178 42 0
2023R6 (Regions & Loops) 95 63.2 137.983 571 597 578 1
April Contest 2023 59 11 0
2023R5 (Casual & Word) 90 54 107.517 579 649 596 1
2023R4 (NP & OP) 144 49 128.967 462 456 461 1
2023R3 (Shading & MII) 257 6.6 134.45 75 64 72 0.8
2023R2 (Evergreens & Rule Pool) 223 27.1 127.767 341 299 331 0.8
PANFOPCWHTTAPA 3 123 119.533 149.6 543 545 543 0.7
2022R6 (MII & Object Placement) 108 40.4 125.05 497 495 497 0.6
2022R5 (Loops & Shading) 84 44 129.217 553 642 575 0.6
2022R4 (Numbers & Puzz.link) 217 12 120.383 182 147 173 0.6
April Contest 2022 25 58 0
2022R3 (Regions & Evergreens) 83 58 128.517 583 665 604
2022R2 (Casual & Word) 33 59 109.25 662 884 718
2022R1 (Classics) 151 80.5 143.133 574 592 579
2023R1 (Classics) 317 10 131.483 106 112 108 0.7
MII & Evergreens (PR 2021) 104 43.8 148.45 413 358 400
Shading (PR 2021) 107 69.8 168.15 440 441 440
Casual & Word (PR 2021) 152 43.2 135.95 321 227 297
OP (PR 2021) 110 74.1 157.5 523 536 527
Regions (PR 2021) 86 60 149.3 556 632 575
Number Placement (PR 2021) Author
Loops (PR 2021) 130 44.5 159.9 504 515 507
Classics (PR 2021) 85 83 160.633 608 677 625
PU IV Test-Solver
PU III Test-Solver
MII and Regions (PR 2020) Test-Solver
Casual and Word (PR 2020) Test-Solver
Evergreens (PR 2020) Test-Solver
Shading and Loops (PR 2020) Test-Solver
Number and Object Placement (PR 2020) Test-Solver
Classics (PR 2020) Author
Number & Object Placement (PR 2019) Test-Solver
MII & Regions (PR 2019) Test-Solver
Casual & Word (PR 2019) Author & Organizer
Shading & Loops (PR 2019) Test-Solver
Connected Puzzles (PR 2019) Test-Solver
Classics (PR 2019) Test-Solver
Loops & Shading (PR 2018) Test-Solver
Casual & Word (PR 2018) Author
Evergreens (PR 2018) Test-Solver
MII & Regions (PR 2018) Test-Solver
NP & OP (PR 2018) Test-Solver
Classics (PR 2018) Test-Solver
Snowmen 89 20 596.667 54 33 49
Classics & Regions (PR 2016/17) 101 66.6 156.1 524 548 530
April Contest 2016 Test-Solver
Puzzle Marathon 2016 70 625.28 976.528 609 743 643
Object Placement (PR 2015/16) 46 68.2 137.65 623 720 648
Loop pooL 85 100 100
NEW, HUGE, AND CHALLENGING 55 100 100
Loops (PR 2015/16) 95 102.867 165.6 601 561 591
Toketa? Selection 38 423 1103.67 579 689 607
Shading (PR 2015/16) 137 55 159.05 377 343 368
Snakes (PR 2015/16) 55 57.6 137.867 542 625 563
WCPN 86 335 1279.77 489 494 490
LMI Screen Test #5 164 921.3 2175.2 436 383 422
Regions (PR 2015/16) Author
Evergreens (PR 2015/16) 74 49.8 130.2 562 654 585
Numbers (PR 2015/16) 60 67 150 601 752 639
Classics (PR 2015/16) 98 70.7 157.633 554 599 565
forsmarts 12th Anniversary Contest 115 0 838.5
Pento Parade 51 480 1592.22 535 615 555
September Magic Contest 26 150 423
April Contest 2014 63 29 99
FAST 159 244 38510.9
LMI Puzzle Marathon 2014 112 459.033 773.675 574 643 591
Kakuro 28 782 1353 692 838 728
forsmarts 11th Anniversary Contest 42 585 1000
Japanese Puzzle Land 2 74 370 1103.4 541 626 562
DWBH 120 200.25 946.667 364 382 368
WPC Practice Test 51 340 972.95
Classics : Hexed & Remixed 98 105 885 164 142 158
WPMM 76 529.4 929.468 577 648 595
DTGT 48 485 1208.8 592 678 614
Deception 53 330 1123.24 500 510 502
April Contest 2013 49 28 92
Puzzle Marathon 2013 123 529.703 970.828 534 600 551
Best of LMI Puzzle Tests 86 85 487 366 344 361
forsmarts 10th Anniversary Contest 44 395 935 526 590 542
Word Show 41 58 163 551 621 569
Fillomino-Fillia 2 67 54 185.727
123 GO 75 65 203.926 534 610 553
Borders & Beyond 188 0 861.292
akil oyunlari magazine competition 32 793 1455.3 634 763 666
Logirace 85 284 1665.26 427 440 430
Seven Samurais 118 101 815.63 210 253 221
No Numbers 42 285 690 500 506 502
Puzzle Marathon 2012 113 980.017 1310.25 545 568 551
Best of LMI Puzzle Tests 28 628 1382 625 792 667
Screen Test #2 206 594 1428 421 377 410
LMI Sprint Test 46 180 348 647 787 682
Japanese Puzzle Land 37 266 550 636 822 683
Magic Cube 73 440 1226 492 478 488
Nikoli Selection 2011 Test-Solver
Fillomino Fillia 76 42 148 488 479 486
MAYnipulation 59 165 758 308 293 304
Twist 47 266.6 736 526 623 550
Puzzle Hybrids 46 463 1265 544 598 557
Melon's Puzzle Zoo 37 300 780 543 596 556
Puzzle Jackpot 50 499.5 1273.2 554 629 572
Puzzles & Chess 31 46 123 542 630 564
Screen Test #1 82 703 1477 542 557 546
FLIP 10 377 644 699 908 752
20/10 Puzzle Decathlon 99 510 1300 472 487 476
Nikoli Selection 2010 115 215 1119 279 245 271
EverGreens II 86 200 880 482 488 483
Broken Pieces 26 72 140 605 667 620
EverGreens 44 680 1180 634 688 647
Sudoku Testrakesh_rai's Rankrakesh_rai's ScoreTest Max ScorePSRSNSW
2024R4 (Outside & Converse) 280 8 0
HNY2024 169 57 0
2023R3 (Irregular & Math) 115 46 121.783 587 710 618 1
2023R2 (Outside & Hybrids) 297 20 136.25 278 250 271 1
2022R4 (Math & Irregular) 102 65 145.7 589 702 617 0.8
2022R3 (Converse & Outside) 52 88 153.967 692 873 738 0.7
2022R2 (Odd Even & Hybrids) 84 64.5 142.533 600 744 636 0.7
2022R1 (Standard & Neighbours) 401 0 138.383
2023R1 (Standard & Odd Even) 285 31 140.617 456 461 457 0.8
Substitution and Neighbours (SM 2021)
Lockdown Sudoku Test Test-Solver
Quinze 2 Test-Solver
Twisted Classics and Hybrids (SM2020) Test-Solver
Mean Minis Author
Converse and Odd Even (SM2020) Test-Solver
Math (SM2020) Test-Solver
Irregular and Outside (SM2020) Test-Solver
Substitution and Neighbours (SM 2020) Test-Solver
Standard (SM 2020) Test-Solver
Quinze Test-Solver
Pentakaideca Author & Organizer
Converse & Twisted Classics (SM 19) Test-Solver
Irregular & Hybrids (SM 19) Test-Solver
Math (SM 19) Author & Organizer
Substitution & Odd Even (SM 19) Test-Solver
Outside & Neighbours (SM 19) Test-Solver
Standard (SM 19) Test-Solver
Deja Vu Test-Solver
Enthralling Sudoku Test-Solver
Irregular & Hybrids (SM 18) Test-Solver
Math (SM 18) Test-Solver
Odd Even & Substitution (SM 18) Test-Solver
R19 - WSC Playoffs Test-Solver
Outside & Neighbours (SM 18) Author
Standard (SM 18) Test-Solver
Converse & Twisted Classics (SM 18) Test-Solver
Standard & Neighbours (SM 16/17) 23 123.517 151.533 859 919 874
Nuovo Cinema Sudoku 29 246 611.75 610 785 654
Irregular Variations (SM 15/16) 26 114.483 145.15 834 903 851
Triplets & Triangles 52 330 969.167 559 695 593
Converse Variations (SM 15/16) Author
Twisted Classics (SM 15/16) 45 127.367 155.083 831 863 839
Outside Variations (SM 15/16) 28 88.6 135.533 757 907 794
Math Variations (SM 15/16) 38 75 136.083 673 880 725
X-Killer 54 2400 2400
Odd Even Variations (SM 15/16) 35 122.333 156.233 826 886 841
Neighbours Variations (SM 15/16) 28 109.7 144.667 811 916 837
Standard Variations (SM 15/16) 33 124.317 156.767 839 899 854
Unlucky 13 Test-Solver
Converse Variations (SM 14/15) 44 112.65 156.467 788 855 805
Neighbours Variations (SM 14/15) 53 111.933 153.933 769 824 782
Math Variations (SM 14/15) 47 116.333 158.417 757 789 765
Outside Variations (SM 14/15) Author
Odd Even Variations (SM 14/15) 36 102.067 145.167 801 895 824
Irregular Variations (SM 14/15) 48 107.9 150.05 786 845 801
Standard Variations (SM 14/15) 90 81.4 150.533 669 737 686
Sudoku Day 71 28 111.884 527 557 535
7X7 30 600 1403.84 646 847 696
Road To London 34 350 695.436 631 697 647
Special 8 184 0 1004.8
Best of LMI Sudoku Tests 119 230 1298 381 409 388
LMI Screen Test #4 55 1598.74 2982.38 652 755 677
Match (WSC Practice) 74 245 907.78
September Sudoku Contest 2013 50 137 390
Sudoku Grand Prix - Italian Round 114 262 558.133 584 685 609
Sudoku Grand Prix - Turkish Round 316 15 656 54 25 46
Sudoku Grand Prix - Serbian Round 466 0 915.4
V2V 187 156 1092.9 235 165 217
Sudoku Grand Prix - Indian Round 33 390 559 807 946 842
LMI Screen Test #3 61 1420.38 2849.14 657 792 690
Fugitive Warrant 167 0 182
Killer Shootout 55 124 373.46 500 614 529
Classics vs. Innovatives 46 187 416.7 613 747 646
Copy Paste 32 811 1446.95 688 846 727
SudoClones 38 610 1239.9 656 784 688
Killing Time 65 320 985.458 500 511 503
Diagonal Vision 179 0 860
Shapes and Sizes 25 529 902 700 838 735
Sudoku A or B Test-Solver
Crazy Arrows 32 485 925 630 763 664
Sudoku City 17 57 93 721 873 759
Fivefold Sudoku Test 72 380 1061.8 557 645 579
LOGIDOKU 77 88 348 427 419 425
Something is Missing 18 260 437 697 823 728
LMI April Sudoku Test 39 348 650 694 818 725
LMI Spring Sudoku Test 18 575 954 727 878 765
Double Delight 69 400 1035 488 485 487
Prime Exotica Author
X'Mas Special Sudoku 33 675 1260 675 777 700
Renban Grouped Sudokus 27 409 592 744 844 769
Sudoku Hotpot 30 263 560 621 764 657
Qixi Festivale Special Test-Solver
Sampler Platter 43 415 785 602 656 616
Classic Look-Alikes 41 257 510 621 683 637
SPEED SIXES 59 500 1888 394 396 394
Master Mind Twins 17 655 1150 628 754 659
Sudoku Mock Test 21 16 285 460
Sudoku Mock Test 20 28 33 87
Sudoku Mock Test 18 14 834 1600
Sudoku Mock Test 17 27 325 840
Sudoku Mock Test 16 23 360 690
Sudoku Mock Test 15 21 379 883
Sudoku Mock Test 14 15 270 790
Sudoku Mock Test 12 13 745 1165
Sudoku Mock Test 11 16 635 1510
Sudoku Mock Test 10 13 244 657
Sudoku Mock Test 8 8 52 106
Sudoku Mock Test 7 30 190 1260
Sudoku Mock Test 6 19 530 1170
Sudoku Mock Test 5 24 346 1325
Sudoku Mock Test 4 8 343 421

PS = Prorated Score (Score based on players's score, median score and top score in the test)
RS = Rank Score (Score based on player's rank in the test)
NS = Normalized Score (.75 * PS + .25 * RS)
W = Weight of the test
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Beginners' Sudokurakesh_rai's Rankrakesh_rai's ScoreTest Max Score
July 2014 54 97.48 122.38
May 2014 34 90.45 117.3
February 2014 78 87.02 124.78
December 2013 38 84.85 116.92
August 2013 190 46.77 122.17
June 2013 51 73.68 115.72
March 2013 34 87.43 118
February 2013 103 64.33 122.93
January 2013 23 107.98 123.42
December 2012 19 104.37 125.02
November 2012 40 76.1 110.65
October 2012 71 78.65 118.38
September 2012 101 71.72 126
August 2012 38 102.08 126.57
July 2012 62 71.55 120.78
Beginners' Puzzlerakesh_rai's Rankrakesh_rai's ScoreTest Max Score
Cave 67 67.5 131.4
Yajilin 87 63 136.6
Yin-Yang 75 82.2667 136.333
Minesweeper 82 94.6 135.967
Tetrominoes 51 93.5333 128
Spiral Galaxies 110 54 137.067
LITS 95 66 137.333
Skyscrapers 80 89.1667 135.167
Slitherlink 106 85.3667 142.367
Star Battle 85 90.7667 139.367
Masyu 82 325 549.92