People · India
Parth Chhugani
Square-1 · top 2.1% of 25,272 all-time · competing since December 2018 · 2018CHHU01
Parth Chhugani has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Square-1: a personal-best single of 7.25, set at DSK Cube Open 2023, puts him in the top 2.1% of the 25,272 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8th in India. Until May 2014, no official Square-1 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 30 competitions since December 2018, he has put 1,154 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 82% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His Pyraminx best has come down from 16.05 in December 2018 to 3.00, an 81% improvement. Parth has entered 30 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | India | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Square-1 | 7.25 | 9.81 | top 2.1% | 8 / 805 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.00 | 3.97 | top 3.6% | 211 / 8,934 | |
| 2×2 | 1.84 | 2.78 | top 3.8% | 289 / 12,146 | |
| 3×3 | 9.04 | 11.13 | top 4.9% | 510 / 20,018 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 14.54 | 17.34 | top 7.2% | 226 / 4,516 | |
| Megaminx | 56.90 | 1:16.95 | top 8.4% | 69 / 1,443 | |
| 4×4 | 39.66 | 48.87 | top 11.7% | 321 / 4,186 | |
| Skewb | 4.27 | 6.16 | top 12.8% | 342 / 3,524 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 30 moves | 34.33 | top 14.8% | 41 / 600 | |
| 5×5 | 1:24.70 | 1:30.17 | top 23.0% | 262 / 1,525 | |
| 6×6 | 2:38.16 | 2:44.85 | top 29.8% | 122 / 531 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:04.36 | 3:11.28 | top 34.8% | 158 / 598 | |
| Clock | 12.16 | 14.48 | top 35.7% | 303 / 1,092 | |
| 7×7 | 4:31.01 | 4:43.02 | top 41.3% | 130 / 360 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 2 of 3 cubes · 26:28 | — | early days — 1 solve | 147 / 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, Pyraminx. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 27 Jun 2026Seven personal bests in one day at Mumbai Twistathon 2026.
- 11 Oct 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.04 at Mumbai Cubing Sprint 2025.
- 3 May 2024Six personal bests in one day at Korum Cube Challenge 2024.
- 25 Mar 2023Three personal bests in one day at Oculus Cube Open 2023.
- 14 Jan 2023Five personal bests in one day at DSK Cube Open 2023.
- 28 Dec 2022Five personal bests in one day at Mumbai Winter Open 2022.
Competitions
- Mumbai Monsoon Mayhem 2026 · 5 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Mumbai Twistathon 2026 · 27 Jun 2026 — 7 personal bests set
- Korum Winter Cube Challenge 2025 · 1 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Mumbai Cubing Sprint 2025 · 11 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Mumbai Twistathon 2025 · 7 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Mumbai Cubing Heat Wave 2025 · 24 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Mumbai Cube Challenge 2025 · 15 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- DJSCE Cube Open 2025 · 11 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Mumbai Twistathon 2024 · 25 May 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Korum Cube Challenge 2024 · 3 May 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- DJ Sanghvi Cube Open 2024 · 28 Jan 2024
- Indian Nationals FMC 2023 · 10 Dec 2023
- Growel's 101 Cube Open 2023 · 30 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Oculus Cube Open 2023 · 25 Mar 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Saraswati Open 2023 · 25 Feb 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Korum Cube Challenge 2023 · 21 Jan 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- DSK Cube Open 2023 · 14 Jan 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Mumbai Winter Open 2022 · 28 Dec 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Please Be Quiet Mumbai 2022 · 20 Nov 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Phoenix Cube Challenge 2022 · 25 Jun 2022 — 9 personal bests set
- Oculus Cube Open 2020 · 1 Feb 2020 — 8 personal bests set
- DY Patil Cube Open 2020 · 12 Jan 2020 — 7 personal bests set
- VJTI Mumbai Cube Open 2019 · 27 Dec 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- FMC Asia 2019 · 7 Dec 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Dream City Cube Open 2019 · 3 Nov 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Phoenix Marketcity Cube Challenge 2019 · 10 Aug 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- FMC 2019 · 15 Jun 2019
- RGIT Cube Open 2019 · 9 Mar 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Oculus Cube Open 2019 · 19 Jan 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- VJTI Mumbai Cube Open 2018 · 28 Dec 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.
- Shubham Maharana — met in 239 rounds, finished ahead 49 times
- Abhijeet Ghodgaonkar (अभिजीत घोडगावकर) — met in 139 rounds, finished ahead 40 times
- Aayush Shah — met in 124 rounds, finished ahead 39 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 Square-1 single — 201 people have one; it is 1.25 away.
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 1.00 away.
Targets move as he improves.