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Ganesh Bhat

3×3 · top 4.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2014 · 2014BHAT07

Ganesh Bhat has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.71, set at North-East Melbourne March Saturday 2026, puts him in the top 4.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 412th in India. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since June 2014, he has put 139 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 89% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 39.04 in June 2014 to 8.71, a 78% improvement. Ganesh has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 4.2% of 284,439 all-time
8.71
signature single · North-East Melbourne March Saturday 2026
139
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 89% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
3×38.719.79
top 4.2%412 / 20,018
2×22.434.21
top 8.2%664 / 12,146
3×3 one-handed19.0026.03
top 17.8%613 / 4,516
Pyraminx6.437.77
top 23.3%1,410 / 8,934
4×41:23.56
top 58.7%2,038 / 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

Excellite Cube Open 2014: 39.04Brain Studio Cube Open 2015: 25.27APJ BLD Open 2015: 21.33Singapore 333 Cube Competition 2016: 17.58Singapore Cube Championship 2018: 13.06Singapore Cube Championship 2019: 14.63NTU Open 2019: 12.50Singapore MentalMatrix Open 2019: 9.81Sydney Spring Sunday 2024: 9.21North-East Melbourne March Saturday 2026: 8.71Spark Melbourne Autumn Saturday 2026: 9.038.7139.0422 Jun 201423 May 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.71 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.43 away.

Targets move as he improves.