People · United States
Neel Manjeshwar
3×3 · top 2.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2018 · 2018MANJ02
Neel Manjeshwar has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.97, set at Bay Area Speedcubin' 60 - Mountain View 2024, puts him in the top 2.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,573rd in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since October 2018, he has put 274 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 51% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 43.83 in October 2018 to 7.97, an 82% improvement. Neel has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% 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 | 7.97 | 9.63 | top 2.7% | 1,573 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.61 | 3.68 | top 10.0% | 3,938 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.60 | 7.78 | top 10.8% | 2,824 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.25 | 22.05 | top 15.8% | 2,030 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 1:08.93 | 1:25.02 | top 45.8% | 7,618 / 19,072 |
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 Feb 2024Three personal bests in one day at Berkeley Winter 2024.
- 3 Apr 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.96 at Bay Area Speedcubin' 29 AM 2022.
- 3 Apr 2022Three personal bests in one day at Bay Area Speedcubin' 29 AM 2022.
- 1 Aug 2019First sub-15 3×3: 14.41 at CubingUSA Nationals 2019.
- 1 Aug 2019Three personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Nationals 2019.
- 21 Apr 2019First sub-20 3×3: 19.56 at Berkeley Spring 2019.
Competitions
- Belmont Spring 2025 · 24 May 2025
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 60 - Mountain View 2024 · 6 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Berkeley Winter 2024 · 4 Feb 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Western Championship 2023 · 30 Jun 2023
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 48 - 6.25 Berkeley 2023 · 25 Jun 2023
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 44 2023 · 22 Apr 2023
- Berkeley Spring 2023 · 12 Mar 2023
- Berkeley Winter B 2023 · 22 Jan 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Reno Fall 2022 · 22 Oct 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 29 AM 2022 · 3 Apr 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Westview Winter A 2021 · 11 Dec 2021
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 24 2020 · 15 Feb 2020 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 21 2019 · 1 Dec 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2019 · 1 Aug 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Berkeley Spring 2019 · 21 Apr 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- SacCubing VI 2019 · 5 Jan 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 12 2018 · 21 Oct 2018
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.
- Jason Ostdiek — met in 45 rounds, never finished ahead
- Chris Martin — met in 41 rounds, finished ahead 33 times
- Nolan Yiu — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.97 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.61 away.
Targets move as he improves.