People · United States
Dhruv Gulabeela
3×3 · top 9.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2023 · 2023GULA01
Dhruv Gulabeela has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.58, set at Newark Academy Spring 2024, puts him in the top 9.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,033rd in the United States. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since February 2023, he has put 161 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 63% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 5 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.12 in February 2023 to 10.58, a 62% improvement. Dhruv 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 | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.58 | 12.45 | top 9.2% | 5,033 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.47 | 11.12 | top 16.2% | 4,309 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 4.15 | 4.80 | top 28.4% | 11,245 / 40,951 | |
| Skewb | 7.98 | 15.17 | top 41.1% | 7,143 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 40.41 | 47.86 | top 65.9% | 9,356 / 15,683 |
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 Newark Academy Spring 2024.
- 4 May 2024First sub-15 3×3: 12.23 at Spring into Summit 2024.
- 1 Apr 2023First sub-20 3×3: 17.41 at Saint John's Scramble 2023.
- 4 Feb 2023First competition: Empire State Winter Warmup 2023. A 28.12 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Rutgers Winter 2025 · 25 Jan 2025
- Puzzling at JHS Aug 2024 · 10 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing in the Ocean County 2024 · 29 Jun 2024
- Newark Academy Spring 2024 · 2 Jun 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- New Jersey Championship 2024 · 25 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Spring into Summit 2024 · 4 May 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2023 · 17 Jun 2023
- North Jersey Speedsolving A 2023 · 20 May 2023
- GCU Spring 2023 · 6 May 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- South Jersey Speedsolving 2023 · 22 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Saint John's Scramble 2023 · 1 Apr 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- NJIT Spring 2023 · 18 Mar 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Empire State Winter Warmup 2023 · 4 Feb 2023
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.
- Brandon Ervin — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Ishan Donavalli — met in 23 rounds, never finished ahead
- Evan Liu — met in 22 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.58 away.
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.47 away.
Targets move as he improves.