People · India
Dhruva Nikhil Jagtap
2×2 · top 0.026% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2023 · 2023JAGT01
Dhruva Nikhil Jagtap has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.57, set at Pune Spring Open 2026, puts him in the top 0.026% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2nd in India. Until March 2016, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 61 competitions since January 2023, he has put 3,006 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 52% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.47 in January 2023 to 5.89, a 44% improvement. Dhruva has entered 61 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | India | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 0.57 | 1.53 | top 0.026% | 2 / 12,146 | |
| 3×3 | 5.89 | 7.58 | top 0.42% | 34 / 20,018 | |
| Pyraminx | 1.82 | 2.86 | top 0.86% | 35 / 8,934 | |
| 4×4 | 28.87 | 37.11 | top 2.2% | 54 / 4,186 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 11.44 | 14.28 | top 2.3% | 69 / 4,516 | |
| Clock | 4.18 | 5.01 | top 2.7% | 19 / 1,092 | |
| Skewb | 2.87 | 4.68 | top 4.4% | 93 / 3,524 | |
| Megaminx | 52.29 | 1:00.68 | top 6.1% | 46 / 1,443 | |
| 5×5 | 1:04.04 | 1:08.67 | top 7.8% | 91 / 1,525 | |
| Square-1 | 17.59 | 24.23 | top 22.4% | 145 / 805 | |
| 6×6 | 2:27.09 | 2:55.80 | top 24.1% | 99 / 531 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:47.19 | 2:26.76 | top 29.0% | 124 / 598 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 35 moves | 37.33 | top 30.0% | 124 / 600 | |
| 7×7 | 5:15.10 | 5:31.82 | top 55.5% | 188 / 360 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 3 of 4 cubes · 26:47 | — | early days — 2 solves | 119 / 168 |
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 Jun 2026Four personal bests in one day at Mumbai Twistathon 2026.
- 20 Dec 2025Four personal bests in one day at DC Hyderabad Winter Open 2025.
- 11 Oct 2025Three personal bests in one day at Mumbai Cubing Sprint 2025.
- 2 Aug 2025Three personal bests in one day at Pune Unscrambled 2025.
- 21 Jun 2025Three personal bests in one day at Pune Cube Carnival 2025.
- 23 Mar 2024Three personal bests in one day at Oculus Cube Open 2024.
Competitions
- Mumbai Monsoon Cube Fiesta 2026 · 9 Aug 2026
- Mumbai Twistathon 2026 · 27 Jun 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- 24K Glitterati Cube Open 2026 · 21 Jun 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Ileseum Cube Open 2026 · 24 May 2026
- Mumbai Cubing Sprint 2026 · 25 Apr 2026
- Mumbai Summer Cube Fiesta 2026 · 5 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- IISER Pune PARAM Open 2026 · 29 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Saraswati College Open 2026 · 7 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Synocubix Gandhinagar 2026 · 28 Feb 2026
- Pune Spring Open 2026 · 21 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Mumbai Cube Fiesta 2026 · 18 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- DC Hyderabad Winter Open 2025 · 20 Dec 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- FMC Pune 2025 · 6 Dec 2025
- Pune Twistathon 2025 · 1 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Mumbai Cubing Sprint 2025 · 11 Oct 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- IISER Pune October Heat 2025 · 5 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Fastest Fingers First Pune 2025 · 14 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Mumbai Twistathon 2025 · 7 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Pune Unscrambled 2025 · 2 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Mumbai City Cube Open 2025 · 20 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Pune Cube Carnival 2025 · 21 Jun 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Mumbai Cube Open 2025 · 8 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Pune Summer Open 2025 · 25 May 2025
- Mumbai Cubing Heat Wave 2025 · 24 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Crewe Spring 2025 · 10 May 2025
- IISER Pune Summer Open 2025 · 5 Apr 2025
- Saraswati College Cube Open 2025 · 29 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing Returns to PCMC 2025 · 8 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Mumbai Cube Challenge 2025 · 15 Feb 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Ileseum Cube Open 2025 · 2 Feb 2025
- DC Open Feb Hyderabad Saturday 2025 · 1 Feb 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- DJSCE Cube Open 2025 · 11 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Mumbai Winter Open 2024 · 25 Dec 2024
- FMC Pune 2024 · 1 Dec 2024
- Mumbai Cubing Sprint 2024 · 17 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- IISER Pune Autumn Open 2024 · 9 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Kalyani Cube Open 2024 · 19 Oct 2024
- Pune Cube Carnival 2024 · 5 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Pune Unscrambled 2024 · 21 Sep 2024
- Mumbai City Cube Open 2024 · 4 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Fastest Fingers First Pune 2024 · 16 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Side Events At KAVA 2024 · 2 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- FMC 2024 · 1 Jun 2024
- Mumbai Twistathon 2024 · 25 May 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Saraswati Open 2024 · 6 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Oculus Cube Open 2024 · 23 Mar 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Synocubix 2024 · 25 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- DJ Sanghvi Cube Open 2024 · 28 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Sundowner Pune 2024 · 20 Jan 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- IISER Pune Winter Open 2024 · 13 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Surat Cube Carnival 2024 · 7 Jan 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Indian Nationals FMC 2023 · 10 Dec 2023
- Pune Unscrambled 2023 · 21 Oct 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Growel's 101 Cube Open 2023 · 30 Sep 2023 — 7 personal bests set
- Pune Cube Fiesta 2023 · 9 Sep 2023 — 7 personal bests set
- Bangalore Cube Open July 2023 · 29 Jul 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Pavillion Cube Open 2023 · 20 May 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- IISER Pune Summer Open 2023 · 30 Apr 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Oculus Cube Open 2023 · 25 Mar 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Saraswati Open 2023 · 25 Feb 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- DSK Cube Open 2023 · 14 Jan 2023 — 1 personal best 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.
- Shubham Maharana — met in 514 rounds, finished ahead 206 times · head to head
- Pranav Dandgaval — met in 334 rounds, finished ahead 264 times · head to head
- Jay Nikhil Gadgil — met in 293 rounds, finished ahead 233 times · head to head
Next targets
- A sub-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.89 away.
- A sub-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.82 away.
Targets move as he improves.