People · United Kingdom
Avyay Dhanavade
3×3 · top 5.9% of 288,433 all-time · competing since December 2025 · 2025DHAN03
Avyay Dhanavade has been competing for 10 months. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.42, set at Wiltshire Summer 2026, puts him in the top 5.9% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 449th in the United Kingdom. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since December 2025, he has put 121 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.23 in December 2025 to 9.42, a 51% improvement. Avyay has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.42 | 11.16 | top 5.9% | 449 / 6,785 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.03 | 41.01 | top 23.4% | 436 / 1,861 | |
| 4×4 | 51.96 | 1:00.91 | top 27.2% | 627 / 2,112 | |
| 2×2 | 4.49 | 5.34 | top 32.9% | 1,767 / 4,946 | |
| Skewb | 7.10 | 10.09 | top 34.5% | 820 / 2,439 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.90 | 14.04 | top 52.2% | 2,132 / 3,704 | |
| Megaminx | 2:32.09 | — | early days — 2 solves | 745 / 998 | |
| 5×5 | 2:28.78 | 2:42.05 | top 65.2% | 819 / 1,167 |
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
- 28 Aug 2026Four personal bests in one day at Kewbz UK Championship 2026.
- 4 Jul 2026Six personal bests in one day at Wiltshire Summer 2026.
- 27 Jun 2026First sub-15 3×3: 9.59 at Hampshire Summer 2026.
- 27 Jun 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.59 at Hampshire Summer 2026.
- 27 Jun 2026Three personal bests in one day at Hampshire Summer 2026.
- 13 Dec 2025First competition: Wiltshire Winter 2025. A 19.23 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Kewbz UK Championship 2026 · 28 Aug 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Wiltshire Summer 2026 · 4 Jul 2026 — 6 personal bests set
- Hampshire Summer 2026 · 27 Jun 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Wiltshire Winter 2025 · 13 Dec 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.
- Boaz Reuben — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Lily Dukic — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Yan-Heng Zhang — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.42 away.
- A sub-20 3×3 one-handed single — 15,318 people have one; it is 1.03 away.
Targets move as he improves.