People · India
Palaash Goel
3×3 · top 3.4% of 288,433 all-time · competing since October 2015 · 2015GOEL03
Palaash Goel has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.34, set at Speedcubing ESYA 2023, puts him in the top 3.4% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 329th in India. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since October 2015, he has put 753 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 72% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.19 in October 2015 to 8.34, a 32% improvement. Palaash has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | India | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.34 | 10.17 | top 3.4% | 329 / 20,146 | |
| Megaminx | 49.27 | 54.24 | top 4.8% | 35 / 1,458 | |
| 4×4 | 35.09 | 38.96 | top 6.9% | 187 / 4,220 | |
| 2×2 | 2.37 | 4.06 | top 7.7% | 621 / 12,225 | |
| Skewb | 3.69 | 5.66 | top 8.9% | 229 / 3,548 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.33 | 24.15 | top 11.0% | 362 / 4,534 | |
| 5×5 | 1:18.35 | 1:30.83 | top 18.0% | 200 / 1,537 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:33.41 | 4:03.63 | top 24.3% | 103 / 605 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 34 moves | 44.33 | top 26.9% | 111 / 612 | |
| Square-1 | 19.92 | 28.63 | top 27.9% | 186 / 813 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 4 of 4 cubes · 28:32 | — | early days — 2 solves | 62 / 172 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.97 | 10.22 | top 44.6% | 2,916 / 8,971 |
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 Aug 2023Five personal bests in one day at Speedcubing ESYA 2023.
- 5 May 2018Four personal bests in one day at Big Cube Bonanza 2018.
- 23 Jun 2017Five personal bests in one day at National Cubing Region Open 2017.
- 12 May 2017Six personal bests in one day at Indian Nationals 2017.
- 25 Feb 2017Four personal bests in one day at Delhi Open 2017.
- 21 Jan 2017Five personal bests in one day at MathSoc Open 2017.
Competitions
- Speedcubing ESYA 2023 · 26 Aug 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Big Cube Bonanza 2018 · 5 May 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- SNU Open 2018 · 7 Apr 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Delhi Cube Splash 2017 · 30 Jul 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- National Cubing Region Open 2017 · 23 Jun 2017 — 5 personal bests set
- Indian Nationals 2017 · 12 May 2017 — 6 personal bests set
- Delhi Open 2017 · 25 Feb 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- MathSoc Open 2017 · 21 Jan 2017 — 5 personal bests set
- Cubing Complexity 2016 · 17 Dec 2016 — 6 personal bests set
- Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 2016 · 22 Oct 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- National Cubing Region Open 2016 · 23 Jul 2016 — 6 personal bests set
- Indian Nationals 2016 · 25 Mar 2016 — 4 personal bests set
- Great Indian Cubeathon 2016 · 8 Jan 2016 — 4 personal bests set
- Delhi Autumn Open 2015 · 17 Oct 2015
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.
- Shivam Bansal — met in 155 rounds, finished ahead 38 times
- Arnav Arora — met in 127 rounds, finished ahead 31 times
- Aryan Chhabra — met in 123 rounds, finished ahead 26 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.34 away.
- A sub-40 Megaminx single — 567 people have one; it is 9.27 away.
Targets move as he improves.