People · India
Dheeraj Raghavendra
3×3 · top 7.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2018 · 2018RAGH03
Dheeraj Raghavendra has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.05, set at RVITM CubeVerse 2025, puts him in the top 7.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 844th in India. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since December 2018, he has put 433 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 75% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 5 DNFs. His 2×2 best has come down from 9.84 in December 2018 to 2.78, a 72% improvement. Dheeraj has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% 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 | 10.05 | 11.49 | top 7.6% | 844 / 20,018 | |
| 2×2 | 2.78 | 4.09 | top 11.8% | 977 / 12,146 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.96 | 8.98 | top 12.9% | 755 / 8,934 | |
| 4×4 | 45.58 | 52.31 | top 19.0% | 526 / 4,186 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.54 | 26.07 | top 24.7% | 889 / 4,516 | |
| Clock | 11.08 | 12.30 | top 30.5% | 260 / 1,092 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:30.80 | — | top 43.5% | 209 / 598 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 39 moves | 42.33 | early days — 3 solves | 203 / 600 | |
| Megaminx | 2:27.87 | 2:46.45 | top 60.1% | 702 / 1,443 | |
| 5×5 | 2:33.98 | — | early days — 2 solves | 909 / 1,525 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 29 Nov 2025Three personal bests in one day at RVITM CubeVerse 2025.
- 18 Apr 2025Four personal bests in one day at Bangalore Cube Open 2025.
- 16 Nov 2024Eight personal bests in one day at Karnataka Cube Championship 2024.
- 18 May 2024First sub-15 3×3: 14.74 at CubeX Summer Open Bangalore 2024.
- 18 May 2024Seven personal bests in one day at CubeX Summer Open Bangalore 2024.
- 3 Feb 2024First sub-20 3×3: 18.21 at Mysore Cube Open 2024.
Competitions
- Karnataka Cube Open April 2026 · 5 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- RVITM CubeVerse 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- South India Cube Championship 2025 · 14 Aug 2025
- CubeX Summer Open Bangalore 2025 · 24 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Bangalore Cube Open 2025 · 18 Apr 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Bangalore Cube Open 2024 · 21 Dec 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Karnataka Cube Championship 2024 · 16 Nov 2024 — 8 personal bests set
- CubeX Summer Open Bangalore 2024 · 18 May 2024 — 7 personal bests set
- Bengaluru Summer 2024 · 11 May 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Bangalore Newcomers 2024 · 30 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Mysore Cube Open 2024 · 3 Feb 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Bengaluru Cool Down 2019 · 20 Apr 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Bengaluru Winter Open 2018 · 1 Dec 2018
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.
- Mohith B (ಮೋಹಿತ್ ಬಿ) — met in 71 rounds, never finished ahead
- Raghav Vishwanath — met in 63 rounds, finished ahead once
- Krishanth Thangarathan — met in 59 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.05 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.78 away.
Targets move as he improves.