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Ishan Parikh

Pyraminx · top 2.2% of 129,321 all-time · competing since November 2019 · 2019PARI10

Ishan Parikh has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.52, set at DFW Minicomp B 2024, puts him in the top 2.2% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 595th in the United States. Until January 2011, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 53 competitions since November 2019, he has put 1,972 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 65% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.28 in July 2021 to 8.81, a 57% improvement. Ishan has entered 53 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 2.2% of 129,321 all-time
2.52
signature single · DFW Minicomp B 2024
1,972
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 65% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Pyraminx2.523.82
top 2.2%595 / 28,708
3×38.8112.33
top 4.4%2,468 / 59,724
4×432.6938.88
top 4.7%745 / 19,072
2×22.223.20
top 6.4%2,535 / 40,951
5×51:08.341:15.15
top 10.5%820 / 9,401
Skewb4.297.29
top 13.0%2,009 / 18,907
6×62:14.112:23.20
top 17.4%613 / 4,196
7×73:37.563:54.99
top 22.5%640 / 3,184
Square-119.7029.39
top 27.3%1,793 / 6,743
Megaminx1:38.201:47.10
top 33.5%2,373 / 7,841
3×3 one-handed30.0332.61
top 46.7%6,361 / 15,683

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

Cubing Is A Sport Frisco PM 2021: 20.28Welcome Back Texas 2021: 17.84DFW Cubing Spring 2022: 16.29DFW Cubing Summer 2022: 20.43DFW Cubing Fall 2022: 16.77Houston Fall 2022: 15.30CubingUSA Texas Championship 2022: 18.40Cube With Intention in Denton 2022: 17.97DFW Cubing Winter 2023: 12.68Solving in Shreveport 2023: 13.94MYHM Puzzling in Plano 2023: 14.91DFW Cubing Summer 2023: 15.52Pretzel Mania Dallas 2023: 14.94Brazos Cubing Fall 2023: 16.53Longhorn Cube Day 2023: 15.41DFW Cubing Fall 2023: 14.05DFW Winter Variation 2024: 13.51DFW Cubing Winter 2024: 12.07DFW Megacomp 2024: 14.16DFW Minicomp B 2024: 13.20DFW Eclipse Cubing 2024: 13.58DFW Cubing Spring 2024: 12.71DFW Cubing Summer 2024: 13.21Richardson Cubing Afternoon 2024: 14.43CubingUSA Southern Championship 2024: 13.51DFW Back to School 2024: 11.36DFW Cubing Fall 2024: 10.71Texas Championship 2024: 11.32Cube a Ton in Arlington 2024: 12.30DFW Cubing Winter 2025: 12.28The Heart of Texas 2025: 11.71Cube Against Cancer DFW 2025: 11.33DFW Cubing Spring 2025: 10.98DFW Qualifier 2025: 10.58DFW Cubing Summer 2025: 10.84CubingUSA Southern Championship 2025: 11.77DFW Back to School 2025: 10.71DFW Cubing Fall 2025: 11.07Texas Championship 2025: 11.20DFW Cubing Winter 2026: 9.41DFW Weeknights 2 2026: 9.85DFW Cubing Spring 2026: 8.81Cube Against Cancer DFW 2026: 9.10GAN Southern Championship 2026: 9.858.8120.4310 Jul 202111 Jun 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-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.52 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.81 away.

Targets move as he improves.