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Anup Prakash

3×3 · top 4.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2016 · 2016PRAK03

Anup Prakash has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.91, set at Indian Nationals 2018, 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 14 competitions since December 2016, he has put 447 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 82% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.65 in December 2016 to 8.91, a 35% improvement. Anup has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 4.7% of 284,439 all-time
8.91
signature single · Indian Nationals 2018
447
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 82% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
3×38.9110.33
top 4.7%466 / 20,018
2×22.393.89
top 7.9%625 / 12,146
3×3 one-handed16.8318.99
top 12.1%401 / 4,516
4×41:16.321:31.93
top 52.8%1,777 / 4,186
5×52:32.76
early days — 2 solves894 / 1,525

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

Cubelelo Winter Open 2016: 13.65Carte Blanche Kube Open 2017: 13.31IIA Summer Open April 2017: 13.13IIA Summer Open - May 2017: 11.76ICC Juniors August 2017: 11.97Indian Cube Challenge 2017: 11.42APJ BLD Open 2017: 10.94Aboard the Pyraminx Train 2018: 10.65Anaadyanta Cube Open 2018: 9.34Primus Cube Open - May 2018: 10.58Indian Nationals 2018: 8.91Bengaluru Championship 2018: 10.03Bengaluru Cool Down 2019: 9.08Forum Monsoon Open 2019: 9.798.9113.6522 Dec 201620 Jul 2019

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

  • Naren Ramesh — met in 56 rounds, finished ahead 38 times
  • Aniketh Arya — met in 54 rounds, finished ahead 26 times
  • Naman Jain — met in 43 rounds, finished ahead 27 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 0.39 away.

Targets move as he improves.