People · United States
Neelay Shukla
3×3 · top 19.0% of 288,433 all-time · competing since March 2024 · 2024SHUK02
Neelay Shukla has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.42, set at Machesney Park Fall 2025, puts him in the top 19.0% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 10,357th in the United States. Across 7 competitions since March 2024, he has put 99 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 63% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.46 in March 2024 to 13.42, a 37% improvement. Neelay has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% 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 | 13.42 | 17.52 | top 19.0% | 10,357 / 60,666 | |
| Clock | 8.94 | 9.64 | top 19.6% | 1,529 / 9,172 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.30 | 12.75 | top 38.8% | 11,259 / 29,168 | |
| 2×2 | 5.43 | 6.27 | top 44.6% | 18,261 / 41,674 | |
| 4×4 | 1:20.72 | 1:36.39 | top 56.6% | 9,860 / 19,354 | |
| Megaminx | 3:07.45 | 3:18.87 | top 76.9% | 6,162 / 8,026 |
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
- 15 Nov 2025First sub-15 3×3: 13.42 at Machesney Park Fall 2025.
- 1 Jun 2024Four personal bests in one day at Wisconsin Qualifier 2024.
- 18 May 2024First sub-20 3×3: 19.41 at Chicago Area Twist Spring A 2024.
- 30 Mar 2024First competition: UIUC Big Cubes Spring 2024. A 21.46 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Machesney Park Fall 2025 · 15 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Barpeta Summer Cube Open 2024 · 21 Jul 2024
- Bangalore Cube Fest B 2024 · 29 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Ackerman Spring 2024 · 15 Jun 2024
- Wisconsin Qualifier 2024 · 1 Jun 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Chicago Area Twist Spring A 2024 · 18 May 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- UIUC Big Cubes Spring 2024 · 30 Mar 2024
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.
- Sebastian Carrillo — met in 18 rounds, never finished ahead
- Charles F. Roller — met in 18 rounds, never finished ahead
- Brayden Thompson — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 40,277 people have one; it is 1.42 away.
- A sub-8 Clock single — 4,962 people have one; it is 0.94 away.
Targets move as he improves.