People · New Zealand
Manav Patel
3×3 · top 1.2% of 288,433 all-time · competing since May 2017 · 2017PATE14
Manav Patel has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.85, set at Milford Winter Warm Up 2025, puts him in the top 1.2% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 42nd in New Zealand. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since May 2017, he has put 509 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 56% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 39.26 in May 2017 to 6.85, an 83% improvement. Manav has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | New Zealand | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 6.85 | 7.88 | top 1.2% | 42 / 2,145 | |
| 2×2 | 2.08 | 2.91 | top 5.3% | 123 / 1,627 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 13.83 | 17.49 | top 5.9% | 51 / 607 | |
| 4×4 | 38.70 | 47.04 | top 10.6% | 90 / 745 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.02 | 8.14 | top 13.3% | 189 / 1,149 | |
| Clock | 20.49 | 23.91 | top 66.2% | 237 / 319 |
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
- 28 Jun 2024Three personal bests in one day at Auckland Matariki Open 2024.
- 20 Jan 2024Three personal bests in one day at A New Year in Auckland 2024.
- 1 Jul 2023Three personal bests in one day at Auckland Mid-Year Madness 2023.
- 9 Dec 2022First sub-15 3×3: 10.92 at New Zealand Nationals 2022.
- 9 Dec 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.03 at New Zealand Nationals 2022.
- 9 Dec 2022Five personal bests in one day at New Zealand Nationals 2022.
Competitions
- Dualling in Milford 2026 · 26 Sep 2026
- Auckland Winter Open 2026 · 20 Jun 2026
- Cubing East Auckland Newcomer Open 2026 · 18 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- 2x2 in Tāmaki Makaurau 2025 · 16 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Milford Winter Warm Up 2025 · 14 Jun 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- A New Year in Auckland 2025 · 17 Jan 2025
- Max Speed Milford 2024 · 30 Nov 2024
- Springing into Auckland 2024 · 12 Oct 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Auckland Matariki Open 2024 · 28 Jun 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- A New Year in Auckland 2024 · 20 Jan 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- NZ North Island Championship 2023 · 27 Oct 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Auckland Mid-Year Madness 2023 · 1 Jul 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- New Zealand Nationals 2022 · 9 Dec 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Auckland Spring 2018 · 1 Sep 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Techweek NZ 2017 · 13 May 2017
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.
- Brandon Harris — met in 93 rounds, finished ahead 54 times
- Jesse Brooke — met in 89 rounds, finished ahead 35 times
- Lachlan Gibson — met in 88 rounds, finished ahead 36 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 0.85 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.08 away.
Targets move as he improves.