People · United States
Neil Sethi
3×3 · top 15.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2022 · 2022SETH02
Neil Sethi has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.53, set at Berkeley Winter 2025, puts him in the top 15.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8,442nd in the United States. Across 6 competitions since September 2022, he has put 108 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.60 in January 2023 to 12.53, a 42% improvement. Neil 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 | 12.53 | 15.76 | top 15.7% | 8,442 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.54 | 11.67 | top 40.9% | 11,715 / 28,708 | |
| Clock | 15.89 | 19.59 | top 51.4% | 4,208 / 8,927 | |
| 4×4 | 1:15.32 | 1:39.86 | top 51.9% | 8,768 / 19,072 | |
| 2×2 | 6.95 | 10.98 | top 60.0% | 24,627 / 40,951 | |
| Skewb | 11.16 | 16.35 | top 61.7% | 11,381 / 18,907 |
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
- 12 Jan 2025First sub-15 3×3: 13.86 at Bay Area Speedcubin' 67 - San Ramon 2025.
- 12 Jan 2025Three personal bests in one day at Bay Area Speedcubin' 67 - San Ramon 2025.
- 9 Nov 2024Four personal bests in one day at Bay Area Speedcubin' 66 - Belmont 2024.
- 13 Oct 2024First sub-20 3×3: 19.52 at Berkeley Fall 2024.
- 17 Sep 2022First competition: Bay Area Speedcubin' 37 2022.
Competitions
- Berkeley Winter 2025 · 8 Feb 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 67 - San Ramon 2025 · 12 Jan 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 66 - Belmont 2024 · 9 Nov 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Berkeley Fall 2024 · 13 Oct 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Berkeley Winter A 2023 · 21 Jan 2023
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 37 2022 · 17 Sep 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.
- Mitchell Lane — met in 24 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jaidon Poraminthara Lin (เจเดิ้น ปรมินทร์ หลิน) — met in 20 rounds, never finished ahead
- Sebastian Stone — met in 20 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.53 away.
- A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 46,752 people have one; it is 0.54 away.
Targets move as he improves.