People · India
Devansh Katyal
3×3 · top 1.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2019 · 2019KATY01
Devansh Katyal has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.34, set at Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 2023, puts him in the top 1.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 158th in India. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since February 2019, he has put 650 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 64% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.43 in February 2019 to 7.34, a 49% improvement. Devansh has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% 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 | 7.34 | 8.76 | top 1.8% | 158 / 20,018 | |
| 4×4 | 30.89 | 35.08 | top 3.4% | 78 / 4,186 | |
| 5×5 | 58.71 | 1:07.14 | top 4.9% | 50 / 1,525 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 13.66 | 18.16 | top 5.5% | 169 / 4,516 | |
| 2×2 | 2.63 | 3.64 | top 10.2% | 843 / 12,146 | |
| 6×6 | 2:13.87 | 2:21.11 | top 17.3% | 80 / 531 | |
| 7×7 | 3:24.94 | 3:33.23 | top 18.1% | 54 / 360 | |
| Skewb | 6.49 | 8.83 | top 29.6% | 829 / 3,524 | |
| Megaminx | 1:33.48 | 1:43.51 | top 30.4% | 317 / 1,443 |
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
- 17 Feb 2023Four personal bests in one day at Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 2023.
- 14 Jan 2023Three personal bests in one day at Mathsoc Delhi Open 2023.
- 17 Dec 2022Three personal bests in one day at Delhi Side Events Open 2022.
- 17 Sep 2022Five personal bests in one day at Delhi Big Cube Open 2022.
- 23 Jul 2022First sub-10 3×3: 8.79 at Cubing Returns Delhi 2022.
- 23 Jul 2022Four personal bests in one day at Cubing Returns Delhi 2022.
Competitions
- D21 Delhi Cube Open B 2025 · 22 Feb 2025
- Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 2024 · 17 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Mathsoc Delhi Open 2024 · 3 Feb 2024
- SpeedCubing Delhi Open 2023 · 2 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Speedcubing ESYA 2023 · 26 Aug 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Moksha Cubing 2023 · 25 Mar 2023
- Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 2023 · 17 Feb 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Mathsoc Delhi Open 2023 · 14 Jan 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Delhi Side Events Open 2022 · 17 Dec 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Delhi Big Cube Open 2022 · 17 Sep 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Cubing Returns Delhi 2022 · 23 Jul 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- MathSoc Delhi Open 2020 · 15 Feb 2020 — 3 personal bests set
- PB Smashathon Delhi 2019 · 30 Dec 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 2019 · 2 Nov 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Speedcubing ESYA 2019 · 24 Aug 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- MathSoc Open 2019 · 9 Feb 2019
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.
- Aryan Chhabra — met in 117 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Piyush Passi — met in 107 rounds, finished ahead 60 times
- Kunal Oak — met in 105 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.34 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 0.89 away.
Targets move as he improves.