People · United States
Karl Prodigalidad
3×3 · top 2.4% of 288,433 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 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,458th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since February 2023, he has put 475 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 84% of the 36,406 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 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.78 | 9.24 | top 2.4% | 1,458 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 1.88 | 3.24 | top 4.1% | 1,621 / 41,674 | |
| Clock | 6.05 | 7.65 | top 7.4% | 590 / 9,172 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.05 | 21.20 | top 8.3% | 1,117 / 15,900 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.66 | 6.49 | top 11.2% | 2,962 / 29,168 | |
| 4×4 | 44.76 | 54.49 | top 18.1% | 2,783 / 19,354 | |
| Skewb | 5.95 | 7.90 | top 25.4% | 4,178 / 19,164 | |
| Square-1 | 19.63 | 37.61 | top 27.2% | 1,802 / 6,846 | |
| Megaminx | 1:29.82 | 1:37.06 | top 28.2% | 1,988 / 8,026 | |
| 5×5 | 1:34.57 | 1:48.17 | top 31.2% | 2,492 / 9,537 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 36 moves | 41.00 | early days — 3 solves | 746 / 2,059 | |
| 6×6 | 3:19.94 | — | early days — 3 solves | 1,923 / 4,262 | |
| 7×7 | 5:20.31 | 5:40.98 | top 57.1% | 1,721 / 3,236 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 22 Aug 2026Four personal bests in one day at Temecula Valley Back To School 2026.
- 20 Jun 2026Four personal bests in one day at Agoura Summer 2026.
- 23 May 202613 personal bests in one day at West Coast Cubing Western Championship 2026.
- 30 Mar 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.49 at Cube Against Cancer - Orange County 2025.
- 30 Mar 2025Four personal bests in one day at Cube Against Cancer - Orange County 2025.
- 2 Aug 2024Three personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Western Championship 2024.
Competitions
- Redondo Beach FMC Summer 2026 · 19 Sep 2026
- Temecula Valley Back To School 2026 · 22 Aug 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Agoura Summer 2026 · 20 Jun 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- West Coast Cubing Western Championship 2026 · 23 May 2026 — 13 personal bests set
- UCLA Spring 2026 · 15 Feb 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- UCLA Summer 2025 · 20 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Let's Cube Long Beach 2025 · 25 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cube Against Cancer - Orange County 2025 · 30 Mar 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Nub Open Lake Forest 2024 · 15 Dec 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Western Championship 2024 · 2 Aug 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Orange County Newcomers 2024 · 3 Mar 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- Nub Open Mission Viejo 2023 · 3 Dec 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Thankful for Cubing RPV 2023 · 18 Nov 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Irvine Fall 2023 · 24 Sep 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Pride in Long Beach 2023 · 11 Jun 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- UCSD Spring 2023 · 2 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Oak Valley Winter A 2023 · 25 Feb 2023
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.
- Alex Lehman — met in 98 rounds, finished ahead 35 times
- Shane Grogan — met in 90 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Kate Grahame — met in 82 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.78 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.88 away.
Targets move as he improves.