People · United States
Bhanu Victor DiCara
2×2 · top 7.4% of 189,179 all-time · competing since March 2015 · 2015VICT01
Bhanu Victor DiCara has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.34, set at Shimonoseki 2025, puts him in the top 7.4% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,983rd in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since March 2015, he has put 132 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.58 in March 2015 to 16.62, a 42% improvement. Bhanu has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.34 | 6.73 | top 7.4% | 2,983 / 41,674 | |
| Clock | 6.15 | 8.05 | top 7.7% | 615 / 9,172 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.83 | 10.15 | top 18.8% | 5,080 / 29,168 | |
| 3×3 | 16.62 | 19.96 | top 29.9% | 16,675 / 60,666 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:51.80 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,084 / 2,128 | |
| 4×4 | 1:27.05 | 1:41.98 | top 61.5% | 10,884 / 19,354 | |
| Skewb | 13.16 | 17.01 | top 71.4% | 13,648 / 19,164 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 49.02 | 1:14.97 | top 75.9% | 11,190 / 15,900 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 68 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 2,030 / 2,059 |
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
- 29 Dec 2016Three personal bests in one day at Kyushu Open 2016.
- 21 Sep 2015First sub-20 3×3: 18.05 at Japan Open 2015.
- 21 Sep 2015Seven personal bests in one day at Japan Open 2015.
- 28 Mar 2015First competition: Kansai Open 2015. A 28.58 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Shimonoseki Summer 2026 · 9 Aug 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Shimonoseki 2025 · 28 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Kyushu Open 2017 · 30 Dec 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Kyushu Open 2016 · 29 Dec 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Japan Open 2015 · 21 Sep 2015 — 7 personal bests set
- Kansai Open 2015 · 28 Mar 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.
- Nobuaki Suga (菅信昭) — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead once
- Ryuji Hamano (浜野竜二) — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Takayuki Ookusa (大艸尊之) — met in 17 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.34 away.
- A sub-6 Clock single — 2,366 people have one; it is 0.15 away.
Targets move as he improves.