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Dhruv Ambastha

3×3 blindfolded · top 0.25% of 12,178 all-time · competing since December 2016 · 2016AMBA02

Dhruv Ambastha has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3 blindfolded: a personal-best single of 15.48, set at Big N Blind Bangalore March 2026, puts him in the top 0.25% of the 12,178 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1st in India. Until July 2021, no official 3×3 blindfolded solve in the world had been that fast. Across 29 competitions since December 2016, he has put 697 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 61% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:07.73 in December 2016 to 8.21, an 88% improvement. Dhruv has entered 29 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 blindfolded
best event — top 0.25% of 12,178 all-time
15.48
signature single · Big N Blind Bangalore March 2026
697
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 61% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
3×3 blindfolded15.4819.60
top 0.25%1 / 598
3×38.2110.62
top 3.2%297 / 20,018
4×431.1335.98
top 3.5%79 / 4,186
3×3 Multi-Blind30 of 37 cubes · 1:00:00—
top 3.7%4 / 168
2×21.984.03
top 4.6%341 / 12,146
4×4 blindfolded2:30.662:34.94
top 5.2%4 / 69
5×51:02.231:08.07
top 6.8%73 / 1,525
3×3 one-handed15.4423.82
top 9.0%295 / 4,516
5×5 blindfolded8:19.45—
early days — 1 solve5 / 31
6×62:14.532:24.42
top 17.7%82 / 531
7×73:55.634:09.15
top 29.0%89 / 360
Pyraminx7.7413.19
top 34.0%2,155 / 8,934
3×3 Fewest Moves45 moves51.00
top 65.6%333 / 600

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

Cubelelo Winter Open 2016: 1:07.73IISER Pune Cube Open 2019: 40.26IISER Pune Winter Open 2024: 13.86Saraswati Open 2024: 13.54Korum Cube Challenge 2024: 11.02Puzzling at JHS Aug 2024: 12.63Pune Unscrambled 2024: 11.68Pune Cube Carnival 2024: 10.42Rubik's WCA Asian Championship 2024: 13.09IISER Pune Autumn Open 2024: 12.84Republic Cube Open BLR 2025: 12.03Ileseum Cube Open 2025: 10.97Cubing Returns to PCMC 2025: 11.06IISER Pune Summer Open 2025: 12.38Mumbai Cube Open 2025: 10.86Pune Cube Carnival 2025: 12.48South India Cube Championship 2025: 8.73IISER Pune October Heat 2025: 11.55Bangalore Mini Oct A 2025: 10.03Pune Twistathon 2025: 10.02Pravega IISc BLR Cube Open 2026: 10.18Saraswati College Open 2026: 8.21IISER Pune PARAM Open 2026: 8.898.211:07.7322 Dec 201629 Mar 2026

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-15 3×3 blindfolded single — 19 people have one; it is 0.48 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.21 away.

Targets move as he improves.