People · India
Vatsal Panchal
3×3 · top 4.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2025 · 2025PANC08
Vatsal Panchal has been competing for 10 months. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.91, set at Synocubix Gandhinagar 2026, puts him in the top 4.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 466th in India. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since November 2025, he has put 76 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.30 in November 2025 to 8.91, a 21% improvement. Vatsal has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | India | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.91 | 11.09 | top 4.7% | 466 / 20,018 | |
| 2×2 | 2.47 | 3.07 | top 8.6% | 697 / 12,146 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.83 | 11.37 | top 34.8% | 2,196 / 8,934 | |
| 4×4 | 1:22.86 | 1:29.75 | top 58.2% | 2,016 / 4,186 |
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 Feb 2026First sub-10 3×3: 8.91 at Synocubix Gandhinagar 2026.
- 8 Nov 2025First competition: AML IIT Gandhinagar Open 2025. A 11.30 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Surat Cube Open 2026 · 10 May 2026
- Synocubix Gandhinagar 2026 · 28 Feb 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- AML IIT Gandhinagar Open 2025 · 8 Nov 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.
- Anas Jethva — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Dhairya Chiragbhai Dave — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Nishit Chauhan — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.91 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.47 away.
Targets move as he improves.