People · India
Hridesh Manocha
3×3 · top 5.8% of 288,433 all-time · competing since October 2018 · 2018MANO06
Hridesh Manocha has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.36, set at Cambridge CoEd Cube Open 2025, puts him in the top 5.8% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 610th in India. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since October 2018, he has put 331 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 63% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.15 in October 2018 to 9.36, a 66% improvement. Hridesh has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% 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 | 9.36 | 10.10 | top 5.8% | 610 / 20,146 | |
| 4×4 | 34.42 | 41.01 | top 6.3% | 167 / 4,220 | |
| 2×2 | 2.39 | 3.20 | top 7.9% | 636 / 12,225 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.55 | 6.77 | top 10.5% | 607 / 8,971 | |
| Skewb | 4.11 | 5.59 | top 11.7% | 309 / 3,548 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.92 | 24.82 | top 23.1% | 837 / 4,534 | |
| 5×5 | 1:38.86 | 1:49.78 | top 34.6% | 433 / 1,537 | |
| Square-1 | 23.34 | 28.76 | top 35.6% | 243 / 813 |
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
- 1 Nov 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.36 at Cambridge CoEd Cube Open 2025.
- 1 Nov 2025Three personal bests in one day at Cambridge CoEd Cube Open 2025.
- 4 Dec 2022Three personal bests in one day at BCM Arya Cubing Challenge 2022.
- 24 Nov 2019Three personal bests in one day at BCM Arya Cubing Challenge 2019.
- 5 Oct 2019Six personal bests in one day at Five Rivers Cube Open 2019.
- 11 Apr 2019First sub-15 3×3: 13.45 at Indian Nationals 2019.
Competitions
- Cambridge CoEd Cube Open 2025 · 1 Nov 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- BCM Arya Cubing Challenge 2022 · 4 Dec 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- BCM Arya Cubing Challenge 2019 · 24 Nov 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Five Rivers Cube Open 2019 · 5 Oct 2019 — 6 personal bests set
- Indian Nationals 2019 · 11 Apr 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Chandigarh Open 2019 · 19 Jan 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Five Rivers Cube Open 2018 · 6 Oct 2018 — 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.
- Aryan Chhabra — met in 57 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Dhruv Arora — met in 50 rounds, never finished ahead
- Piyush Passi — met in 38 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.36 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,465 people have one; it is 4.42 away.
Targets move as he improves.