People · India
Darshil Palayil
3×3 · top 1.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2022 · 2022PALA05
Darshil Palayil has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.18, set at Cubing at Vivira A 2026, puts him in the top 1.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 140th in India. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since July 2022, he has put 202 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 53% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.52 in July 2022 to 7.18, a 43% improvement. Darshil has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | India | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.18 | 9.67 | top 1.5% | 140 / 20,018 | |
| 2×2 | 2.21 | 3.82 | top 6.3% | 486 / 12,146 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.89 | 6.02 | top 7.1% | 404 / 8,934 | |
| Megaminx | 1:27.46 | 1:35.39 | top 26.5% | 262 / 1,443 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.95 | 31.64 | top 31.4% | 1,151 / 4,516 | |
| 4×4 | 55.55 | 1:02.61 | top 31.4% | 958 / 4,186 |
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 Jun 2024Three personal bests in one day at Tamil Nadu Cube Challenge 2024.
- 17 Mar 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.76 at Rajalakshmi Engineering College Cube Open 2024.
- 31 Jul 2022First competition: KCT Matrix Cube Open 2022. A 12.52 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cubing at Vivira A 2026 · 9 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Kalanjiam Cubing Challenge 2025 · 28 Dec 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Back to Cubing Madras 2025 · 11 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Tamil Nadu Cube Challenge 2024 · 2 Jun 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Rajalakshmi Engineering College Cube Open 2024 · 17 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Tamil Nadu Cube Open 2024 · 4 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing Sunday in SSN 2022 · 18 Dec 2022
- Tamil Nadu Cube Open Tournament 2022 · 4 Sep 2022 — 1 personal best set
- KCT Matrix Cube Open 2022 · 31 Jul 2022
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.
- Krishnadev Navnit Krishna — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Shreyash Boddepalli — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Lalith Sashank — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.18 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.21 away.
Targets move as he improves.