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Malhar Godbole

3×3 · top 2.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2018 · 2018GODB01

Malhar Godbole has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.83, set at Saraswati College Open 2026, puts him in the top 2.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 238th in India. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 18 competitions since September 2018, he has put 627 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 80% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.41 in September 2018 to 7.83, a 31% improvement. Malhar has entered 18 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 2.5% of 284,439 all-time
7.83
signature single · Saraswati College Open 2026
627
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 80% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
3×37.839.82
top 2.5%238 / 20,018
2×22.184.03
top 6.0%468 / 12,146
4×445.8150.28
top 19.3%536 / 4,186
3×3 one-handed20.1622.11
top 20.9%746 / 4,516
5×51:23.251:41.75
top 21.8%241 / 1,525
Megaminx1:22.661:35.40
top 23.5%230 / 1,443
Pyraminx6.718.46
top 25.5%1,554 / 8,934
Skewb8.4612.40
top 44.7%1,253 / 3,524
Square-128.1741.51
top 46.0%324 / 805
6×63:21.573:37.62
top 51.3%235 / 531
7×75:08.835:27.09
top 53.4%180 / 360
Clock26.9932.75
top 80.2%769 / 1,092

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

Pune Cube Open 2018: 11.41IISER Pune Cube Open 2019: 10.59DSK Cube Open 2023: 9.99Korum Cube Challenge 2023: 8.47Saraswati Open 2023: 9.40Synocubix 2023: 9.42Oculus Cube Open 2023: 9.64Pavillion Cube Open 2023: 8.38Growel's 101 Cube Open 2023: 10.00Korum Cube Challenge 2025: 9.02Mumbai Twistathon 2025: 8.79IISER Pune October Heat 2025: 8.19Mumbai Cubing Sprint 2025: 8.62Pune Twistathon 2025: 9.78Mumbai Cube Fiesta 2026: 10.26Saraswati College Open 2026: 7.83Orange City Twist and Triumph Nagpur 2026: 8.14Mumbai Summer Cube Fiesta 2026: 9.817.8311.419 Sep 20185 Apr 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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.83 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.18 away.

Targets move as he improves.