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Neel Malaviya
3×3 · top 9.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2022 · 2022MALA01
Neel Malaviya has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.52, set at Boulder Holiday Bash 2025, puts him in the top 9.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,931st in the United States. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since March 2022, he has put 93 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 18% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.54 in March 2022 to 10.52, a 28% improvement. Neel has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% 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 | 10.52 | 13.62 | top 9.0% | 4,931 / 59,724 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.66 | 25.34 | top 14.2% | 1,847 / 15,683 | |
| 2×2 | 4.64 | 6.26 | top 34.7% | 13,839 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 1:32.97 | — | top 65.8% | 11,628 / 19,072 | |
| Pyraminx | 14.55 | 16.94 | top 80.2% | 23,722 / 28,708 |
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
- 4 Jan 2025Four personal bests in one day at Boulder Holiday Bash 2025.
- 12 Mar 2022First competition: Northern Colorado Cubing 2022. A 14.54 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Rocky Mountain Championship 2026 · 21 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Boulder Holiday Bash 2025 · 4 Jan 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Colorado Pastacomp 2023 · 7 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Slopeside Solving 2022 · 25 Jun 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Pikes Peak Good Afternoon 2022 · 9 Apr 2022
- Northern Colorado Cubing 2022 · 12 Mar 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.
- Zachary Miller — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
- Stone Amsbaugh — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead once
- Miles Walcott — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.52 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 2.66 away.
Targets move as he improves.