People · United States
Neel Patel
3×3 · top 35.8% of 288,433 all-time · competing since June 2025 · 2025PATE21
Neel Patel has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 18.53, set at Hancock County NxNs 2026, puts him in the top 35.8% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 20,371st in the United States. Across 2 competitions since June 2025, he has put 20 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.58 in June 2025 to 18.53, a 21% improvement. Neel has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 18.53 | 19.91 | top 35.8% | 20,371 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 5.75 | 7.41 | top 48.2% | 19,867 / 41,674 | |
| Pyraminx | 15.29 | 16.60 | top 82.9% | 24,871 / 29,168 |
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
- 26 Sep 2026First sub-20 3×3: 18.53 at Hancock County NxNs 2026.
- 7 Jun 2025First competition: Minxville Indiana 2025. A 23.58 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Hancock County NxNs 2026 · 26 Sep 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Minxville Indiana 2025 · 7 Jun 2025
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.
- Brian Johnson — met in 4 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jianing Wang — met in 4 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jiaxuan Wang — met in 4 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 70,740 people have one; it is 3.53 away.
- A sub-5 2×2 single — 74,472 people have one; it is 0.75 away.
Targets move as he improves.