People · India
Yug Patel (युग पटेल)
3×3 · top 0.33% of 288,433 all-time · competing since February 2020 · 2020PATE04
Yug Patel (युग पटेल) has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 5.70, set at Amalthea Cube Open 2024, puts him in the top 0.33% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 25th in India. Until June 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since February 2020, he has put 470 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 53% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.65 in February 2020 to 5.70, a 68% improvement. Yug has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% 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 | 5.70 | 6.72 | top 0.33% | 25 / 20,146 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 9.65 | 10.83 | top 0.83% | 17 / 4,534 | |
| 4×4 | 32.05 | 36.67 | top 4.3% | 104 / 4,220 | |
| 2×2 | 1.96 | 2.54 | top 4.5% | 332 / 12,225 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.31 | 6.57 | top 9.2% | 533 / 8,971 | |
| Megaminx | 1:00.68 | 1:11.54 | top 10.4% | 85 / 1,458 | |
| 5×5 | 1:16.43 | 1:31.56 | top 16.5% | 185 / 1,537 | |
| Skewb | 5.13 | 7.58 | top 19.2% | 545 / 3,548 |
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
- 27 Jun 2026Four personal bests in one day at Mumbai Twistathon 2026.
- 10 Nov 2024Three personal bests in one day at Amalthea Cube Open 2024.
- 4 Nov 2023Three personal bests in one day at i.Cube Open 2023.
- 12 Nov 2022Four personal bests in one day at i.Cube Open 2022.
- 25 Jun 2022First sub-15 3×3: 8.78 at Phoenix Cube Challenge 2022.
- 25 Jun 2022First sub-10 3×3: 8.78 at Phoenix Cube Challenge 2022.
Competitions
- Mumbai Twistathon 2026 · 27 Jun 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Amalthea Cube Open 2024 · 10 Nov 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Mumbai City Cube Open 2024 · 4 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Oculus Cube Open 2024 · 23 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- i.Cube Open 2023 · 4 Nov 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Anand Cube Open 2023 · 18 Jun 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Oculus Cube Open 2023 · 25 Mar 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Synocubix 2023 · 18 Mar 2023
- i.Cube Open 2022 · 12 Nov 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Phoenix Cube Challenge 2022 · 25 Jun 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Synocubix 2020 · 16 Feb 2020
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.
- Abhijeet Ghodgaonkar (अभिजीत घोडगावकर) — met in 57 rounds, finished ahead 41 times
- Shubham Maharana — met in 57 rounds, finished ahead 21 times
- Pranav Dandgaval — met in 44 rounds, finished ahead 32 times
Next targets
- A sub-5 3×3 single — 355 people have one; it is 0.70 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 one-handed single — 155 people have one; it is 1.65 away.
Targets move as he improves.