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Spursh Deshpande (स्पर्श देशपांडे)
3×3 · top 0.51% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2018 · 2018DESH04
Spursh Deshpande (स्पर्श देशपांडे) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.04, set at Agoura Winter 2026, puts him in the top 0.51% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 342nd in the United States. Until June 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 54 competitions since May 2018, he has put 1,610 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 59% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.94 in May 2018 to 6.04, an 80% improvement. Spursh has entered 54 competitions, more competitions than 99% 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 | 6.04 | 7.65 | top 0.51% | 342 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 30.67 | 35.64 | top 3.2% | 520 / 19,072 | |
| 2×2 | 1.74 | 3.77 | top 3.3% | 1,274 / 40,951 | |
| Skewb | 3.00 | 5.33 | top 5.0% | 777 / 18,907 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.13 | 6.55 | top 8.3% | 2,130 / 28,708 | |
| 5×5 | 1:06.69 | 1:15.91 | top 9.5% | 740 / 9,401 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.92 | 19.50 | top 10.0% | 1,329 / 15,683 | |
| Megaminx | 1:16.89 | 1:26.76 | top 19.8% | 1,357 / 7,841 | |
| Clock | 9.85 | 11.14 | top 24.4% | 1,868 / 8,927 | |
| 6×6 | 2:43.19 | 2:54.21 | top 32.5% | 1,152 / 4,196 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 38 moves | 42.33 | top 40.9% | 879 / 2,040 | |
| 7×7 | 4:43.36 | 5:12.99 | top 45.5% | 1,323 / 3,184 | |
| Square-1 | 30.15 | 33.95 | top 49.6% | 3,245 / 6,743 |
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
- 23 May 2026Four personal bests in one day at West Coast Cubing Western Championship 2026.
- 1 Nov 2025Four personal bests in one day at UCSB Favorites 2025.
- 3 Jul 2025Three personal bests in one day at Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025.
- 29 Apr 2023Four personal bests in one day at Give Back RPV 2023.
- 15 Apr 2023Three personal bests in one day at Mountains Open Up 2023.
- 25 Mar 2023Three personal bests in one day at A Bruin Cube Day Spring 2023.
Competitions
- Davis Big Summer 2026 · 8 Aug 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026 · 2 Jul 2026
- West Coast Cubing Western Championship 2026 · 23 May 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Westerns Warmup Riverside A 2026 · 16 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- City of STEM LA 2026 · 26 Apr 2026
- Poly Cubed at Pomona 2026 · 22 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Agoura Winter 2026 · 24 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- FMC under the Mistletoe 2025 · 20 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Temecula Valley Winter 2025 · 13 Dec 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- UCSB Favorites 2025 · 1 Nov 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Poly Cubed at Pomona 2025 · 18 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Nub Open Trabuco Hills Fall 2025 · 4 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Vegas Cubing Cup Summer 2025 · 9 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 · 3 Jul 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- West Coast Cubing Tour: Los Angeles 2025 · 22 Jun 2025
- Burbank Big Cubes 2025 · 26 Apr 2025
- Nub Open Lake Forest 2024 · 15 Dec 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- UCSB Cubing 2024 · 19 Oct 2024
- Aliso Niguel Summer 2024 · 8 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Western Championship 2024 · 2 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Nub Open Mission Viejo Summer 2024 · 14 Jul 2024
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 63 - Atherton 2024 · 22 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Temecula Valley Spring 2024 · 11 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Santa Barbara Cubing 2024 · 6 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Orange County Newcomers 2024 · 3 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- USC Cubing 2024 · 3 Feb 2024
- Surat Cube Carnival 2024 · 7 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- UCSD Winter 2023 · 16 Dec 2023
- Thankful for Cubing RPV 2023 · 18 Nov 2023
- Irvine Fall 2023 · 24 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Santa Ana Summer A 2023 · 19 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Agoura Cubing Again 2023 · 22 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Western Championship 2023 · 30 Jun 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- WCC Speedcubing Open 2023 · 4 Jun 2023
- Give Back RPV 2023 · 29 Apr 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Mountains Open Up 2023 · 15 Apr 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubing in the Valley 2023 · 8 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- UCSD Spring 2023 · 2 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- A Bruin Cube Day Spring 2023 · 25 Mar 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- FMC Anglo America 2023 · 18 Mar 2023
- Circle City Turbocharged 2023 · 11 Mar 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Cal Poly SLO Winter 2023 · 25 Feb 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Cozy Cubing Poway 2023 · 29 Jan 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Berkeley Winter A 2023 · 21 Jan 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Circle City Supercharged 2022 · 19 Nov 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- WCC Western Championship 2022 · 7 Oct 2022 — 7 personal bests set
- Irvine Summer 2022 · 28 Aug 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Nisei Week 2019 · 17 Aug 2019
- CubingUSA Western Championship 2019 · 22 Jun 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Anaheim Qualifier 2019 · 25 May 2019 — 1 personal best set
- West LA Spring 2019 · 27 Apr 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Thousand Oaks Cubing Open 2019 · 30 Mar 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Mudd Winter 2019 · 2 Feb 2019 — 1 personal best set
- A Bruin Cube Day 2018 · 19 May 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.
- Shane Grogan — met in 241 rounds, finished ahead 62 times
- Ethan Yeh — met in 189 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Jack Flynn Stewart — met in 188 rounds, finished ahead 19 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.04 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 0.67 away.
Targets move as he improves.