People · United States
Krish Patel
3×3 · top 4.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2022 · 2022PATE15
Krish Patel has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.90, set at Square-1 Showdown AZ 2025, puts him in the top 4.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,579th in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since July 2022, he has put 223 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 51% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.35 in July 2022 to 8.90, a 42% improvement. Krish has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.90 | 11.60 | top 4.6% | 2,579 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.34 | 3.32 | top 7.4% | 2,922 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 48.69 | 52.87 | top 23.0% | 3,504 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 27.14 | 31.80 | top 39.7% | 5,284 / 15,683 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 42 moves | 52.00 | early days — 3 solves | 1,178 / 2,040 | |
| Skewb | 10.32 | 12.09 | top 56.9% | 10,359 / 18,907 | |
| Pyraminx | 11.26 | 14.37 | top 62.4% | 18,363 / 28,708 | |
| 5×5 | 2:31.18 | — | top 66.3% | 5,785 / 9,401 | |
| 7×7 | 9:10.51 | — | early days — 2 solves | 3,059 / 3,184 |
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
- 27 Jan 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.62 at Prescott Cubing Winter 2024.
- 10 Dec 2023Three personal bests in one day at Phoenix Cubing Open 2023.
- 19 Mar 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.00 at Arizona Speedcubing Spring 2023.
- 19 Mar 2023Three personal bests in one day at Arizona Speedcubing Spring 2023.
- 23 Jul 2022First competition: Southern Utah Summer 2022. A 15.35 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Arizona Championship 2026 · 17 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Square-1 Showdown AZ 2025 · 18 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- PBQ Arizona 2025 · 7 Jun 2025
- Bring the Heat AZ 2024 · 15 Jun 2024
- Prescott Cubing Winter 2024 · 27 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Phoenix Cubing Open 2023 · 10 Dec 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Bring the Heat AZ 2023 · 20 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Arizona Speedcubing Summer 2023 · 15 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Never Stop Turning AZ 2023 · 13 May 2023
- You Only Need a 3x3 AZ 2023 · 15 Apr 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Arizona Speedcubing Spring 2023 · 19 Mar 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- AZCubing Winter 2022 · 17 Dec 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Southern Utah Summer 2022 · 23 Jul 2022
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.
- Ivan Vanek — met in 42 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Jeremy Bulambot — met in 42 rounds, finished ahead once
- Dan Tran — met in 33 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.90 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.34 away.
Targets move as he improves.