People · United States
Vikas Pagalone
3×3 · top 6.8% of 288,433 all-time · competing since May 2025 · 2025PAGA02
Vikas Pagalone has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.75, set at Berkeley Favorites 2026, puts him in the top 6.8% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,779th in the United States. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since May 2025, he has put 107 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 89% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.14 in May 2025 to 9.75, a 58% improvement. Vikas has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% 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 | 9.75 | 12.50 | top 6.8% | 3,779 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 2.69 | 4.07 | top 10.9% | 4,343 / 41,674 | |
| 4×4 | 51.88 | 55.41 | top 27.1% | 4,227 / 19,354 | |
| Megaminx | 1:34.71 | 1:44.51 | top 31.3% | 2,251 / 8,026 | |
| 5×5 | 1:35.56 | 1:41.87 | top 32.0% | 2,554 / 9,537 | |
| Skewb | 6.80 | 8.90 | top 32.2% | 5,436 / 19,164 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.71 | 13.04 | top 33.8% | 9,688 / 29,168 | |
| Clock | 21.57 | 30.22 | top 69.0% | 6,109 / 9,172 |
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
- 1 Mar 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.75 at Berkeley Favorites 2026.
- 1 Mar 2026Three personal bests in one day at Berkeley Favorites 2026.
- 13 Dec 2025Three personal bests in one day at Bay Area Speedcubin' 68 - Belmont 2025.
- 4 Oct 2025First sub-20 3×3: 14.25 at Berkeley Fall 2025.
- 4 Oct 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.25 at Berkeley Fall 2025.
- 4 Oct 2025Three personal bests in one day at Berkeley Fall 2025.
Competitions
- Berkeley Spring 2026 · 26 Apr 2026
- Berkeley Favorites 2026 · 1 Mar 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 68 - Belmont 2025 · 13 Dec 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Berkeley Fall 2025 · 4 Oct 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Belmont Spring 2025 · 24 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.
- Mitchell Lane — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead once
- Zerui Cheng (程泽睿) — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Sabir Dhillon — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.75 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.69 away.
Targets move as he improves.