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Salil Desai
3×3 · top 11.9% of 288,433 all-time · competing since March 2013 · 2013DESA02
Salil Desai has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.41, set at Westport Icebreaker 2026, puts him in the top 11.9% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6,469th in the United States. Across 20 competitions since March 2013, he has put 144 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 19% around a typical one; 99% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 4 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 44.88 in March 2013 to 11.41, a 75% improvement. Salil has entered 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% 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 | 11.41 | 15.59 | top 11.9% | 6,469 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 4.30 | 6.12 | top 30.4% | 12,283 / 41,674 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.15 | 13.02 | top 37.5% | 10,843 / 29,168 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 4 of 4 cubes · 36:00 | — | top 44.9% | 343 / 740 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:51.21 | — | top 50.0% | 1,083 / 2,128 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 43 moves | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,265 / 2,059 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 47.40 | — | early days — 2 solves | 10,909 / 15,900 | |
| 4×4 | 1:51.22 | — | early days — 3 solves | 14,453 / 19,354 | |
| 5×5 | 3:07.40 | — | early days — 3 solves | 7,430 / 9,537 | |
| 4×4 blindfolded | 17:48.00 | 23:10.00 | top 84.9% | 358 / 442 | |
| 5×5 blindfolded | 54:32.00 | — | early days — 1 solve | 219 / 220 |
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
- 8 Feb 2020First sub-20 3×3: 14.56 at Princeton Winter 2020.
- 8 Feb 2020First sub-15 3×3: 14.56 at Princeton Winter 2020.
- 15 Feb 2014Three personal bests in one day at Princeton Winter 2014.
- 14 Dec 2013First sub-30 3×3: 29.48 at Liberty Science Center Open 2013.
- 30 Mar 2013First competition: Princeton Spring 2013. A 44.88 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Tokyo Autumn 2026 · 17 Oct 2026
- Manhattan Megaminx Mayhem 2026 · 21 Mar 2026
- Westport Icebreaker 2026 · 3 Jan 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Park Slope PBQ 2025 · 22 Nov 2025
- New Jersey Quiet Championship 2024 · 14 Apr 2024
- NYU Winter 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Empire State Winter 2024 · 3 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Manhattan Mini C 2023 · 10 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Empire State Fall Focus 2023 · 15 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Westchester Weeknights 2 2023 · 31 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Keep Portland Quiet 2023 · 13 May 2023
- PBQ NYC Spring 2023 · 7 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Empire State Spring 2023 · 8 Apr 2023
- Mega Minds in Central Square 2023 · 11 Mar 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Princeton Winter 2020 · 8 Feb 2020 — 1 personal best set
- Red Cross Cubing Open 2014 · 13 Dec 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- Princeton Winter 2014 · 15 Feb 2014 — 3 personal bests set
- Liberty Science Center Open 2013 · 14 Dec 2013 — 2 personal bests set
- Starlight Open 2013 · 16 Nov 2013 — 1 personal best set
- Princeton Spring 2013 · 30 Mar 2013
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.
- Brandon Lin (林博浩) — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Eli Rogers — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Evan Liu — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 1.41 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 50,215 people have one; it is 0.30 away.
Targets move as he improves.