People · South Africa
Dhruv Ranchod
3×3 · top 5.4% of 288,433 all-time · competing since March 2025 · 2025RANC01
Dhruv Ranchod has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.20, set at Menlo Cubing Open 2025, puts him in the top 5.4% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 52nd in South Africa. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since March 2025, he has put 249 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 82% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.89 in March 2025 to 9.20, a 34% improvement. Dhruv has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | South Africa | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.20 | 10.15 | top 5.4% | 52 / 2,187 | |
| 2×2 | 2.34 | 3.47 | top 7.4% | 69 / 1,525 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.06 | 19.19 | top 10.4% | 30 / 473 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.79 | 10.30 | top 34.5% | 267 / 958 | |
| Skewb | 7.72 | 13.33 | top 39.3% | 143 / 444 | |
| Clock | 13.48 | 17.37 | top 41.7% | 57 / 153 | |
| Square-1 | 27.17 | 34.17 | top 43.9% | 49 / 121 | |
| 4×4 | 1:15.76 | 1:30.29 | top 52.3% | 188 / 495 |
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
- 27 Sep 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.20 at Menlo Cubing Open 2025.
- 27 Sep 2025Five personal bests in one day at Menlo Cubing Open 2025.
- 6 Sep 2025Four personal bests in one day at Cubestuff Centurion Q3 2025.
- 26 Apr 2025Four personal bests in one day at CubingZA Nationals 2025.
- 29 Mar 2025First competition: CuBeaulieu Craze Comeback 2025. A 17.67 3×3 single to start from.
- 29 Mar 2025First sub-15 3×3: 13.89 at CuBeaulieu Craze Comeback 2025.
Competitions
- Merry Twistmas Lynnwood 2025 · 13 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cubestuff Q4 Zwartkop 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Menlo Cubing Open 2025 · 27 Sep 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Cubestuff Centurion Q3 2025 · 6 Sep 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- CubingZA Nationals 2025 · 26 Apr 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- CuBeaulieu Craze Comeback 2025 · 29 Mar 2025 — 3 personal bests set
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.
- Osman Badroodin — met in 51 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Marike Faught — met in 50 rounds, finished ahead 24 times
- Juandré Jacobs — met in 49 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.20 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.34 away.
Targets move as he improves.