People · India
Dhulipudi Ajay
3×3 · top 3.2% of 288,433 all-time · competing since August 2023 · 2023AJAY03
Dhulipudi Ajay has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.23, set at DC Open Hyderabad 2024, puts him in the top 3.2% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 305th in India. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since August 2023, he has put 149 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 71% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.78 in August 2023 to 8.23, a 24% improvement. Dhulipudi 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 | 8.23 | 9.63 | top 3.2% | 305 / 20,146 | |
| 2×2 | 2.07 | 3.38 | top 5.3% | 404 / 12,225 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.82 | 10.71 | top 12.1% | 716 / 8,971 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 28.12 | 30.58 | top 42.3% | 1,567 / 4,534 | |
| 4×4 | 1:17.81 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,871 / 4,220 | |
| Skewb | 17.31 | 21.16 | top 84.7% | 2,629 / 3,548 |
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
- 20 Oct 2024First sub-10 3×3: 8.23 at DC Open Hyderabad 2024.
- 11 Aug 2023First competition: Hyderabad Cube Open 2023. A 10.78 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Only 3x3s in Hyderabad May 2026 · 2 May 2026
- Ashoka One Mall Sat Open 2025 · 28 Jun 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- AMR Planet Cube Open 2025 · 24 May 2025
- DC Open Hyderabad 2024 · 20 Oct 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Hyderabad Cube Open 2023 · 11 Aug 2023 — 2 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.
- Koustubh Nadadur — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Udayan Latha Ramamurthi — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Akula Pavan Kumar — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.23 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.07 away.
Targets move as he improves.