People · United States
Dakshik Dhanapal
Pyraminx · top 2.5% of 129,321 all-time · competing since June 2023 · 2023DHAN03
Dakshik Dhanapal has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.62, set at DFW Cubing Summer 2025, puts him in the top 2.5% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 666th in the United States. Until January 2011, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since June 2023, he has put 298 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 76% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.33 in June 2023 to 12.16, a 37% improvement. Dakshik has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 2.62 | 4.82 | top 2.5% | 666 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 2.97 | 3.92 | top 13.9% | 5,459 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 12.16 | 14.14 | top 14.4% | 7,722 / 59,724 | |
| Skewb | 5.73 | 10.94 | top 23.7% | 3,822 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 30.13 | 37.79 | top 46.9% | 6,399 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 1:31.07 | — | early days — 1 solve | 11,300 / 19,072 |
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
- 26 Aug 2023First sub-15 3×3: 12.16 at Pretzel Mania Dallas 2023.
- 26 Aug 2023Six personal bests in one day at Pretzel Mania Dallas 2023.
- 22 Jun 2023First competition: CubingUSA Southern Championship 2023. A 20.47 3×3 single to start from.
- 22 Jun 2023First sub-20 3×3: 19.33 at CubingUSA Southern Championship 2023.
- 22 Jun 2023Three personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Southern Championship 2023.
Competitions
- DFW Back to School 2025 · 30 Aug 2025
- DFW Cubing Summer 2025 · 21 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Austin Cubing Limits Winter 2025 · 11 Jan 2025
- Cube a Ton in Arlington 2024 · 8 Dec 2024
- Texas Championship 2024 · 22 Nov 2024
- Austin Tiny Puzzles 2023 · 18 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Pretzel Mania Dallas 2023 · 26 Aug 2023 — 6 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Southern Championship 2023 · 22 Jun 2023 — 3 personal bests set
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.
- Ryan Pilat — met in 56 rounds, never finished ahead
- Michael Conard — met in 51 rounds, finished ahead 22 times
- John Wanger II — met in 51 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.62 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.97 away.
Targets move as he improves.