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Harsha Paladugu

Pyraminx · top 0.018% of 129,321 all-time · competing since August 2017 · 2017PALA08

Harsha Paladugu has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 0.95, set at Clock & 'Minx Ohio 2025, puts him in the top 0.018% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9th in the United States. Until June 2018, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 196 competitions since August 2017, he has put 7,063 official solves on the record across 16 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 69% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.22 in August 2017 to 6.03, a 77% improvement. Harsha has entered 196 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 0.018% of 129,321 all-time
0.95
signature single · Clock & 'Minx Ohio 2025
7,063
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 69% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Pyraminx0.951.68
top 0.018%9 / 28,708
3×3 one-handed8.9113.88
top 0.47%69 / 15,683
3×36.038.80
top 0.5%335 / 59,724
Skewb1.834.52
top 0.97%149 / 18,907
3×3 Fewest Moves21 moves23.33
top 1.5%39 / 2,040
Clock3.944.79
top 2.2%188 / 8,927
2×21.543.03
top 2.3%920 / 40,951
Square-19.5614.19
top 5.4%390 / 6,743
4×433.8339.91
top 5.7%868 / 19,072
Megaminx51.761:01.40
top 5.9%420 / 7,841
3×3 blindfolded1:05.131:54.29
top 14.7%285 / 2,092
5×51:16.611:27.48
top 16.5%1,285 / 9,401
6×62:43.222:51.40
top 32.6%1,155 / 4,196
7×74:26.484:57.96
top 39.9%1,135 / 3,184
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 2 cubes · 16:18—
early days — 2 solves534 / 731
4×4 blindfolded15:02.00—
early days — 1 solve321 / 440

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

Michigan 2017: 26.22Howland High Fall 2017: 22.95Shaker Fall 2017: 18.11Wildcat Holiday 2017: 19.00Michigan Cubing Club Beta 2018: 14.36Shaker Spring 2018: 13.72Flag City Spring 2018: 15.48Cardinal Bird Fiesta 2018: 13.71Holy Toledo Summer 2018: 13.42Cubing For LLS Fall 2018: 11.96Flag City Fall 2018: 14.63Michigan Cubing Club Delta 2018: 11.54Rocky Top 2018: 11.04Florence Winter 2019: 10.65Garrettsville G-Men Classic 2019: 10.50Derby City Open 2019: 11.31Arnold Classic North America 2019: 11.46Cubing For LLS Summer 2019: 11.01Flag City Spring 2019: 10.62Wildcat Spring 2019: 8.60Battle for Toledo 2019: 11.91CubingUSA Nationals 2019: 12.60Mishawaka Summer 2019: 10.47Flag City Fall 2019: 11.02Michigan Cubing Club Delta 2019: 9.30Stowhio Open 2021: 9.74Rocky Top 2021: 8.80Bulldog Winter 2022: 8.94Gem City 2022: 12.33Port Huron Speedcubing 2022: 8.68Ohio State Expo Open 2022: 9.40Minnesota Cube Melt 2022: 9.35Jasper Highlands 2022: 7.99FSUbers 2.0 2022: 9.06CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2022: 8.42Buccaneer Bonanza 2022: 8.72GA Cubers Pride 2022: 9.89Slopeside Solving 2022: 9.19New York Championship 2022: 8.04Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2022: 8.86CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2022: 9.39Pittsburgh Summer A 2022: 9.88Pretzel Mania 2022: 8.25Bluegrass Fall 2022: 9.03Ohio Valley Open 2022: 8.70UIUC Fall 2022: 7.92Ohio State Fall Scarlet 2022: 9.13Oakville Fall B 2022: 8.49Rocky Top 2022: 8.85FMC in a Gem City Temple 2023: 9.69Cubing Under the Northern Lights 2023: 8.14Washtenaw Winter 2023: 8.10London Winter A 2023: 9.35Mile High Megacomp 2023: 8.61Arizona Speedcubing Spring 2023: 9.21Miami in an Ohio Oxford 2023: 7.54Bluegrass Bash 2023: 8.81Ohio State Spring Scarlet 2023: 9.33NA Stadium Series - Cleveland 2023: 9.39Michigan Speedcubing Spring 2023: 9.23Ohio State Spring First-Timers B 2023: 8.64The Blantucky Derby 2023: 7.46Gem City Donuts and Dragons 2023: 10.10Washtenaw Qualifier 2023: 9.20MoreHead-to-Head 2023: 9.57Open de Montréal 2023: 8.47Bulldog Spring 2023: 8.09Michigan 2023: 7.53Canadian Championship 2023: 7.85Flag City Summer 2023: 8.64CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 7.54Get to Work Chicagoland 2023: 8.00Fort Wayne Favorites 2023: 8.43Cubing by the Kings 2023: 7.83Rapidly Grand 2023: 8.74Swoop in and Solve Oxford 2023: 7.18Washtenaw Fast 'n Late Fall 2023: 8.37Ohio State Fall 2023: 8.78Pyraminx in Pewaukee 2023: 8.23CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2023: 8.51ALL1- Pittsburgh 2023: 7.64Swoop in Again Oxford 2023: 8.51Ohio State Winter 2023: 8.21Waterloo Favourites Autumn 2023: 7.49Washtenaw Autumn 2023: 8.76Bangalore Championship 2023: 8.70BHT Pyraminx Bash 2024: 8.11Gem City First in Flight 2024: 8.94Greater Toronto 2024: 8.14Ohio State RPAC Cube Clash 2024: 8.17Solar Eclipse in Sycamore 2024: 8.22Ohio State Spring 2024: 7.44Cincinnati Speed Solving 2024: 9.66Cubicle Day Oxford 2024: 8.49Country Roads Huntington 2024: 8.35Ohio State Summer 2024: 8.22Battle of Waterloo 2024: 8.29Northern Kentucky 2024: 8.34Gem City Donut DNF 2024: 8.36Michigan Championship 2024: 9.14Get Ready Grove City 2024: 8.54Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024: 8.39Gem City: The Birthplace of Aviation OH 2024: 9.19Dublin Ohio Summer PM 2024: 9.48Y-Perms Near the Y-Bridge Zanesville 2024: 7.48CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2024: 8.16Washtenaw Fall 2024: 9.18Swoop in and Solve Oxford 2024: 8.50Indiana Championship 2024: 8.63Don't Pop Preble 2024: 8.18Gallop in Kentucky Winter 2024: 8.08Ohio State Nearly New Years 2024: 7.77Gem City Ohio Showdown 2025: 7.80Ohio State Winter 2025: 8.89Waterloo Winter 2025: 8.45Michigan Mini 28 2025: 7.42Cincinnati Speed Solving 2025: 8.63Swoop in and Solve Oxford 2025: 7.44Western Ontario Winter 2025: 8.94Southern Indiana Qualifier 2025: 9.02Preble Spring 2025: 8.71Northern Kentucky 2025: 8.04Gem City Pre-Flight Warm Up OH 2025: 7.24Cincinnati Open 2025: 8.11Cubing by the Kings OH 2025: 8.61Prebleminxing 2025: 7.58Clock & 'Minx Ohio 2025: 8.35Cincinnati Cube Challenge 2025: 7.61Ohio Championship 2025: 8.50Ohio State Winter 2026: 6.03Lewis Center Side Events 2026: 9.08Cincinnati Speedsolving 2026: 8.62Ohio University 2026: 7.49Morrow Mixup Mania 2026: 8.24National Trail Open OH 2026: 8.08Ohio State Summer Mini 2026: 9.146.0326.2219 Aug 201726 Jul 2026

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 one-handed single — 151 people have one; it is 0.91 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.03 away.

Targets move as he improves.