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Debanjan Poddar

3×3 · top 3.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2016 · 2016PODD01

Debanjan Poddar has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.49, set at Republic Cube Open BLR 2025, puts him in the top 3.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 364th in India. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 18 competitions since January 2016, he has put 997 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 70% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.91 in January 2016 to 8.49, a 43% improvement. Debanjan has entered 18 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.7% of 284,439 all-time
8.49
signature single · Republic Cube Open BLR 2025
997
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 70% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
3×38.499.36
top 3.7%364 / 20,018
2×21.873.07
top 4.0%297 / 12,146
Pyraminx4.378.03
top 9.6%546 / 8,934
Skewb3.855.72
top 9.9%255 / 3,524
4×439.2143.40
top 11.2%303 / 4,186
3×3 one-handed16.6619.78
top 11.8%387 / 4,516
5×51:27.131:37.61
top 25.0%288 / 1,525
Square-120.6228.31
top 29.3%191 / 805
6×63:12.853:50.50
top 47.2%213 / 531
3×3 Fewest Moves49 moves56.33
early days — 3 solves418 / 600
7×711:33.00—
early days — 1 solve351 / 360
Clock1:32.35—
early days — 1 solve1,090 / 1,092

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

Cubers East India Open 2016: 14.91Resonance V8.0 Cube Open 2016: 12.71CEIC Masterda Open 2016: 13.26Rubik's Cube Mumbai Open 2016: 11.47Cubers East India Open 2017: 9.44Inquivesta Cube Open 2017: 10.57City of Joy Open 2017: 9.41City of Joy Open 2018: 9.02CubeHub 2.0 Open 2018: 10.95Enginerds Cube Open 2018: 9.40IVWS Cube Open 2023: 9.86IISER-K Autumn Open 2023: 8.69IIT Kharagpur Spring Open 2024: 8.55Republic Cube Open BLR 2025: 8.49Bangalore Cube Open 2025: 9.32Only 3x3's in Bangalore 2025: 9.038.4914.919 Jan 201627 Apr 2025

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.49 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.87 away.

Targets move as he improves.