People · India
Dhruv Kajalkar
3×3 · top 12.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2022 · 2022KAJA02
Dhruv Kajalkar has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.62, set at IISER Pune Summer Open 2023, puts him in the top 12.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,476th in India. Across 5 competitions since October 2022, he has put 101 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.02 in October 2022 to 11.62, a 23% improvement. Dhruv has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% 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 | 11.62 | 13.26 | top 12.6% | 1,476 / 20,018 | |
| 2×2 | 3.28 | 5.77 | top 17.5% | 1,466 / 12,146 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.86 | 14.09 | top 35.0% | 2,215 / 8,934 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 26.70 | 30.84 | top 38.6% | 1,403 / 4,516 | |
| 4×4 | 1:09.45 | 1:20.84 | top 46.3% | 1,524 / 4,186 |
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
- 14 Jan 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.85 at DSK Cube Open 2023.
- 14 Jan 2023Four personal bests in one day at DSK Cube Open 2023.
- 29 Oct 2022First competition: IISER Pune Cube Open 2022. A 15.02 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Pune Cube Carnival 2025 · 21 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Pune Cube Fiesta 2023 · 9 Sep 2023
- IISER Pune Summer Open 2023 · 30 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- DSK Cube Open 2023 · 14 Jan 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- IISER Pune Cube Open 2022 · 29 Oct 2022
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.
- Abhijeet Ghodgaonkar (अभिजीत घोडगावकर) — met in 23 rounds, never finished ahead
- Shubham Maharana — met in 23 rounds, never finished ahead
- Anay Shrikar — met in 21 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.62 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.28 away.
Targets move as he improves.