People · New Zealand
Mehul Pankaj Girhotra
2×2 · top 4.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2023 · 2023GIRH01
Mehul Pankaj Girhotra has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.94, set at Waihōpai Winter 2024, puts him in the top 4.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 109th in New Zealand. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since March 2023, he has put 366 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 89% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 59.72 in March 2023 to 12.65, a 79% improvement. Mehul has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | New Zealand | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.94 | 3.87 | top 4.4% | 109 / 1,615 | |
| Skewb | 4.58 | 9.14 | top 15.1% | 119 / 666 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.40 | 9.12 | top 15.8% | 222 / 1,141 | |
| 3×3 | 12.65 | 15.62 | top 16.2% | 333 / 2,095 | |
| Megaminx | 1:55.45 | 2:07.77 | top 43.4% | 138 / 283 | |
| Clock | 15.16 | 31.65 | top 48.5% | 169 / 303 | |
| 4×4 | 1:15.78 | 1:25.50 | top 52.3% | 349 / 722 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 36.54 | 44.50 | top 60.0% | 314 / 600 | |
| 5×5 | 3:33.37 | 4:06.78 | top 87.2% | 307 / 355 |
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
- 18 Apr 2026Five personal bests in one day at Cubing East Auckland Newcomer Open 2026.
- 10 Aug 2024First sub-15 3×3: 14.09 at Waihōpai Winter 2024.
- 10 Aug 2024Nine personal bests in one day at Waihōpai Winter 2024.
- 19 Apr 2024Four personal bests in one day at NZ South Island Championship 2024.
- 27 Jan 2024Four personal bests in one day at Southern Solves Invercargill 2024.
- 12 Aug 2023First sub-30 3×3: 24.37 at Ōtepoti Winter 2023.
Competitions
- Cubing East Auckland Newcomer Open 2026 · 18 Apr 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- Waihopai Winter 2025 · 5 Jul 2025
- Solving in the South Invercargill 2025 · 11 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Waihōpai Winter 2024 · 10 Aug 2024 — 9 personal bests set
- NZ South Island Championship 2024 · 19 Apr 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Southern Solves Invercargill 2024 · 27 Jan 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Ōtepoti Winter 2023 · 12 Aug 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Southernmost Solving 2023 · 25 Mar 2023
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.
- Oscar Childs — met in 68 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Daniel Fraser — met in 66 rounds, never finished ahead
- Gabe Smith — met in 61 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.94 away.
- A sub-4 Skewb single — 7,977 people have one; it is 0.58 away.
Targets move as he improves.