People · United States
Vaishant Pandey
Clock · top 25.9% of 32,048 all-time · competing since May 2025 · 2025PAND06
Vaishant Pandey has been competing for a year. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 10.17, set at DFW Favorites 2026, puts him in the top 25.9% of the 32,048 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,996th in the United States. Across 8 competitions since May 2025, he has put 158 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 62% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 30.14 in May 2025 to 16.74, a 44% improvement. Vaishant has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clock | 10.17 | 11.47 | top 25.9% | 1,996 / 8,927 | |
| 2×2 | 4.25 | 6.16 | top 29.7% | 11,791 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 16.74 | 22.32 | top 30.2% | 16,611 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.41 | 13.51 | top 31.2% | 8,709 / 28,708 | |
| Skewb | 9.71 | 13.31 | top 53.1% | 9,580 / 18,907 | |
| Megaminx | 2:13.96 | 2:34.50 | top 53.2% | 3,979 / 7,841 |
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
- 28 Mar 2026First sub-20 3×3: 16.74 at DFW Cubing Spring 2026.
- 7 Feb 2026Three personal bests in one day at DFW Favorites 2026.
- 30 Aug 2025First sub-30 3×3: 25.40 at DFW Back to School 2025.
- 30 Aug 2025Three personal bests in one day at DFW Back to School 2025.
- 18 May 2025First competition: DFW Qualifier 2025. A 30.14 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- DFW Cubing Summer 2026 · 29 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- DFW Cubing Spring 2026 · 28 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- DFW Favorites 2026 · 7 Feb 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- DFW Cubing Winter 2026 · 3 Jan 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Cube On in Richardson 2025 · 15 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- DFW Back to School 2025 · 30 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- DFW Cubing Summer 2025 · 21 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- DFW Qualifier 2025 · 18 May 2025
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.
- Jonah Eckhoff — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Cole Dugger — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead once
- Maddox Smith — met in 29 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 Clock single — 8,040 people have one; it is 0.17 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.25 away.
Targets move as he improves.