People · India
Kaustubh Prakash
3×3 · top 17.0% of 288,433 all-time · competing since May 2018 · 2018PRAK03
Kaustubh Prakash has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.85, set at UIUC Side Events Spring 2025, puts him in the top 17.0% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,120th in India. Across 3 competitions since May 2018, he has put 76 official solves on the record across eleven events. His 3×3 best has come down from 34.48 in May 2018 to 12.85, a 63% improvement. Kaustubh has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | India | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 12.85 | 14.48 | top 17.0% | 2,120 / 20,146 | |
| 2×2 | 4.08 | 5.49 | top 27.6% | 2,411 / 12,225 | |
| Skewb | 6.31 | 9.13 | top 28.3% | 797 / 3,548 | |
| 4×4 | 55.19 | 1:01.62 | top 31.1% | 962 / 4,220 | |
| Clock | 11.77 | 14.83 | top 33.8% | 290 / 1,109 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.96 | 10.06 | top 35.9% | 2,296 / 8,971 | |
| Megaminx | 2:02.68 | 2:22.80 | top 47.4% | 552 / 1,458 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 30.45 | 34.54 | top 47.7% | 1,817 / 4,534 | |
| 5×5 | 2:03.99 | — | early days — 2 solves | 678 / 1,537 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 4:23.73 | — | early days — 2 solves | 385 / 605 | |
| Square-1 | 1:05.33 | — | early days — 2 solves | 644 / 813 |
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
- 19 Apr 2025Three personal bests in one day at UIUC Side Events Spring 2025.
- 23 Mar 2025First sub-30 3×3: 14.14 at IlliNxNois Spring 2025.
- 23 Mar 2025First sub-20 3×3: 14.14 at IlliNxNois Spring 2025.
- 23 Mar 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.14 at IlliNxNois Spring 2025.
- 25 May 2018First competition: Indian Nationals 2018. A 34.48 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- UIUC Side Events Spring 2025 · 19 Apr 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- IlliNxNois Spring 2025 · 23 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Indian Nationals 2018 · 25 May 2018
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.
- Akshaansh Chilakapati — met in 17 rounds, never finished ahead
- Sebastian Carrillo — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead once
- Lucy Grace Bryson — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 40,277 people have one; it is 0.85 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 50,215 people have one; it is 0.08 away.
Targets move as he improves.