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Joshua Allen Mangalapallil

Pyraminx · top 0.63% of 129,321 all-time · competing since January 2023 · 2023MANG01

Joshua Allen Mangalapallil has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 1.67, set at Ileseum Cube Open 2026, puts him in the top 0.63% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 25th in India. Until April 2012, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 19 competitions since January 2023, he has put 868 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 62% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.70 in January 2023 to 7.63, a 63% improvement. Joshua has entered 19 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 0.63% of 129,321 all-time
1.67
signature single · Ileseum Cube Open 2026
868
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 62% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
Pyraminx1.673.89
top 0.63%25 / 8,934
Clock2.913.29
top 0.64%6 / 1,092
2×21.082.01
top 0.72%42 / 12,146
3×37.6310.02
top 2.2%200 / 20,018
Square-19.6612.60
top 5.5%28 / 805
Skewb3.134.01
top 5.6%138 / 3,524
4×433.8039.46
top 5.6%146 / 4,186
3×3 one-handed14.6919.38
top 7.5%242 / 4,516
5×51:04.721:09.51
top 8.2%95 / 1,525
3×3 blindfolded1:03.201:29.43
top 14.1%55 / 598
Megaminx1:11.511:23.40
top 16.6%155 / 1,443
3×3 Fewest Moves32 moves—
early days — 2 solves75 / 600
3×3 Multi-Blind8 of 10 cubes · 43:27—
early days — 2 solves39 / 168
7×74:20.724:42.44
early days — 3 solves113 / 360
4×4 blindfolded8:50.31—
early days — 1 solve27 / 69

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

DSK Cube Open 2023: 20.70Cubing at Punnamada 2023: 17.38Pune Unscrambled 2023: 13.47IISER Pune Winter Open 2024: 13.19Saraswati Open 2024: 11.87mcubes Cubing Clash 2024: 11.08Pune Unscrambled 2024: 11.10Pune Cube Carnival 2024: 9.80Kalyani Cube Open 2024: 8.97Rubik's WCA Asian Championship 2024: 9.99Ileseum Cube Open 2025: 9.56Cubing Returns to PCMC 2025: 9.11Pune Cube Carnival 2025: 8.44Pune Unscrambled 2025: 10.09Mumbai Cubing Sprint 2025: 7.63IISER Pune PARAM Open 2026: 10.37Ileseum Cube Open 2026: 9.6124K Glitterati Cube Open 2026: 9.077.6320.7014 Jan 202321 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-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.67 away.
  • A sub-2 Clock single — 17 people have one; it is 0.91 away.

Targets move as he improves.