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Karl Prodigalidad

3×3 · top 2.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2023 · 2023PROD01

Karl Prodigalidad has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.78, set at Agoura Summer 2026, puts him in the top 2.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,411th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since February 2023, he has put 472 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 84% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.98 in February 2023 to 7.78, a 68% improvement. Karl has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 2.4% of 284,439 all-time
7.78
signature single · Agoura Summer 2026
472
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 84% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×37.789.24
top 2.4%1,411 / 59,724
2×21.883.24
top 4.0%1,585 / 40,951
Clock6.057.65
top 7.4%583 / 8,927
3×3 one-handed15.0521.20
top 8.2%1,096 / 15,683
Pyraminx4.666.49
top 11.2%2,908 / 28,708
4×444.7654.49
top 18.0%2,746 / 19,072
Skewb5.957.90
top 25.4%4,116 / 18,907
Square-119.6337.61
top 27.1%1,779 / 6,743
Megaminx1:29.821:37.06
top 28.1%1,945 / 7,841
5×51:34.571:48.17
top 31.1%2,460 / 9,401
6×63:19.94—
early days — 3 solves1,896 / 4,196
7×75:20.315:40.98
top 57.0%1,685 / 3,184

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

Oak Valley Winter A 2023: 23.98UCSD Spring 2023: 21.80Pride in Long Beach 2023: 21.70Irvine Fall 2023: 17.54Nub Open Mission Viejo 2023: 13.30Orange County Newcomers 2024: 12.09CubingUSA Western Championship 2024: 13.34Nub Open Lake Forest 2024: 10.17Cube Against Cancer - Orange County 2025: 9.34Let's Cube Long Beach 2025: 10.77UCLA Summer 2025: 10.48UCLA Spring 2026: 10.01West Coast Cubing Western Championship 2026: 8.41Agoura Summer 2026: 7.78Temecula Valley Back To School 2026: 8.687.7823.9825 Feb 202322 Aug 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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.78 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.88 away.

Targets move as he improves.