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Harsh Maheshwari

3×3 · top 6.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2017 · 2017MAHE08

Harsh Maheshwari has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.62, set at Saraswati Open 2023, puts him in the top 6.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 682nd in India. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since July 2017, he has put 365 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 93% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 37.89 in July 2017 to 9.62, a 75% improvement. Harsh has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 6.4% of 284,439 all-time
9.62
signature single · Saraswati Open 2023
365
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 93% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
3×39.6212.60
top 6.4%682 / 20,018
3×3 one-handed16.1721.79
top 10.6%345 / 4,516
Pyraminx5.007.67
top 13.2%768 / 8,934
2×23.204.24
top 16.6%1,384 / 12,146
Skewb5.107.31
top 18.9%527 / 3,524
3×3 blindfolded1:19.773:20.32
top 19.5%78 / 598
4×450.6753.01
top 25.5%755 / 4,186
5×51:44.511:59.01
top 38.8%487 / 1,525
3×3 Multi-Blind5 of 6 cubes · 57:10
early days — 3 solves71 / 168
4×4 blindfolded17:26.00
early days — 1 solve55 / 69
6×65:43.24
early days — 1 solve466 / 531
Square-11:25.94
early days — 1 solve714 / 805

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

Mumbai Monsoon Open 2017: 37.89Rubik's Cube Mumbai Open 2017: 18.14Versatile Cube Open 2018: 13.90Indian Nationals 2018: 15.46Phoenix Cube Championship 2018: 14.13KJSCE Mumbai Open 2018: 13.16VJTI Mumbai Cube Open 2018: 11.36Indian Nationals 2019: 12.96Phoenix Marketcity Cube Challenge 2019: 12.30Dream City Cube Open 2019: 11.50DY Patil Cube Open 2020: 12.04Saraswati Open 2023: 9.629.6237.8916 Jul 201725 Feb 2023

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 1.62 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 1.17 away.

Targets move as he improves.