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Mahesh Kailas Dhondge
3×3 · top 16.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2016 · 2016DHON01
Mahesh Kailas Dhondge has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.59, set at Ileseum Cube Open 2025, puts him in the top 16.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,969th in India. Across 9 competitions since December 2016, he has put 54 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 18% around a typical one; 98% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.09 in December 2016 to 12.59, a 45% improvement. Mahesh has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% 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 | 12.59 | 15.57 | top 16.0% | 1,969 / 20,018 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:49.05 | — | top 49.2% | 235 / 598 |
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
- 17 Mar 2019First sub-15 3×3: 13.49 at IISER Pune Cube Open 2019.
- 1 Sep 2017First sub-20 3×3: 16.34 at SCMU 2017.
- 22 Dec 2016First competition: Cubelelo Winter Open 2016. A 23.09 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cubing at COTA 2026 · 27 Jun 2026
- Richardshhhon 2026 · 28 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- The Heart of Texas Fall 2025 · 14 Sep 2025
- Ileseum Cube Open 2025 · 2 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing Returns Pune 2022 · 12 Jun 2022
- IISER Pune Cube Open 2019 · 17 Mar 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Polyhedra Open 2018 · 18 Feb 2018 — 1 personal best set
- SCMU 2017 · 1 Sep 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Cubelelo Winter Open 2016 · 22 Dec 2016
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.
- Shubham Maharana — met in 8 rounds, finished ahead once
- Nikhil Soares — met in 7 rounds, never finished ahead
- Mohammed Aiman Koli — met in 7 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.59 away.
- A sub-2:00 3×3 blindfolded single — 4,077 people have one; it is 49.05 away.
Targets move as he improves.