People · India
Dhyan Pankaj Patel
3×3 · top 3.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2024 · 2024PATE14
Dhyan Pankaj Patel has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.19, set at WPI Spring 2026, puts him in the top 3.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 291st in India. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since May 2024, he has put 60 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.83 in May 2024 to 8.19, a 57% improvement. Dhyan has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% 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 | 8.19 | 10.02 | top 3.1% | 291 / 20,018 | |
| 2×2 | 1.96 | 2.65 | top 4.5% | 325 / 12,146 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.39 | 33.04 | top 27.1% | 975 / 4,516 | |
| 4×4 | 1:00.86 | 1:07.33 | top 37.4% | 1,191 / 4,186 | |
| 5×5 | 2:10.80 | — | top 55.9% | 730 / 1,525 |
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 May 2026Four personal bests in one day at WPI Spring 2026.
- 14 Jul 2025First sub-15 3×3: 10.17 at Lexington Weeknights III 2025.
- 14 Jul 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.99 at Lexington Weeknights III 2025.
- 18 May 2024First competition: QuabbiNxN 2024. A 19.99 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- WPI Spring 2026 · 2 May 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Lexington Weeknights III 2025 · 14 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- QuabbiNxN 2024 · 18 May 2024 — 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.
- Cameron Soulagnet — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead once
- Jeffrey Li — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jacob Carubia — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.19 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.96 away.
Targets move as he improves.