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Patitpavan Neel

3×3 · top 80.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2009 · 2009NEEL01

Patitpavan Neel has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 42.89, set at RGIT Cube Open 2019, puts him in the top 80.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 13,486th in India. Across 34 competitions since April 2009, he has put 228 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 93% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 3:20.65 in April 2009 to 42.89, a 79% improvement. Patitpavan has entered 34 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 80.0% of 284,439 all-time
42.89
signature single · RGIT Cube Open 2019
228
official solves on the record
16%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 93% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
3×342.8954.04
top 80.0%13,486 / 20,018
2×212.3121.41
top 85.2%9,286 / 12,146
3×3 one-handed1:40.51—
early days — 2 solves4,224 / 4,516

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

Shristi Open 2009: 3:20.65Nisei Week 2016: 3:05.07Berkeley Summer 2016: 2:09.65Hayward Rubik's Rumble 2016: 2:39.39Berkeley Fall 2016: 2:06.94Reno Spring 2017: 2:35.72Bay Area Speedcubin' 10 2017: 2:12.656.25 Bay Area 2017: 1:30.81San Ramon 2017: 1:19.27Nisei Week 2017: 1:02.75Rubik's Cube Mumbai Open 2017: 1:20.91West Coast Cubing Tour - Cupertino 2018: 1:04.60SacCubing V 2018: 55.84Berkeley Summer 2018: 54.90Bay Area Speedcubin' 12 2018: 58.52Oculus Cube Open 2019: 49.64Saraswati Open 2019: 45.79RGIT Cube Open 2019: 42.89Phoenix Marketcity Cube Challenge 2019: 59.15SacCubing IX 2020: 53.04Berkeley Winter B 2023: 53.50Oculus Cube Open 2023: 55.96Oculus Cube Open 2024: 1:02.41Mumbai Twistathon 2024: 1:01.81Mumbai City Cube Open 2024: 1:00.10Mumbai Cube Challenge 2025: 1:05.63Korum Cube Challenge 2025: 1:10.21Mumbai Cubing Heat Wave 2025: 1:01.57Mumbai Cubing Sprint 2025: 1:10.17Korum Winter Cube Challenge 2025: 55.38Bengaluru Cube Fest B 2026: 1:03.82Cubing Returns Nagpur 2026: 1:07.4142.893:20.657 Apr 200925 Jul 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-40 3×3 single — 218,634 people have one; it is 2.89 away.
  • A sub-12 2×2 single — 157,609 people have one; it is 0.31 away.

Targets move as he improves.