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Rushal Patel

4×4 · top 8.0% of 83,917 all-time · competing since April 2019 · 2019SANJ02

Rushal Patel has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 36.36, set at Franconia Winter 2026, puts him in the top 8.0% of the 83,917 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 212th in India. Until July 2010, no official 4×4 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since April 2019, he has put 362 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 79% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 34.51 in April 2019 to 10.69, a 69% improvement. Rushal has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

4×4
best event — top 8.0% of 83,917 all-time
36.36
signature single · Franconia Winter 2026
362
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 79% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
4×436.3643.93
top 8.0%212 / 4,186
3×310.6912.27
top 9.5%1,079 / 20,018
2×23.435.30
top 19.3%1,632 / 12,146
Pyraminx7.6713.39
top 33.4%2,118 / 8,934
3×3 one-handed31.4338.54
top 49.9%1,908 / 4,516
Skewb12.8518.03
top 70.0%2,081 / 3,524

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

PDPU Open 2019: 34.51i.Cube Open 2022: 15.70BlithCube Open 2023: 13.36Synocubix 2023: 13.95Anand Cube Open 2023: 12.89Surat Cubing Sprint 2023: 10.69Vadodara Winter Open 2023: 12.75i.Cube Open 2023: 12.19Synocubix 2024: 11.17Korum Cube Challenge 2024: 12.08Surat Cubing Sprint 2024: 11.18i.Cube Gandhinagar Open 2024: 10.81Amalthea Cube Open 2024: 11.16Synocubix Gandhinagar 2025: 11.35DAU Gandhinagar Cube Open 2025: 11.75Franconia Winter 2026: 11.0710.6934.5120 Apr 201923 Jan 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-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 6.36 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.69 away.

Targets move as he improves.