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Pradhyun Naresh

2×2 · top 8.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2017 · 2017NARE02

Pradhyun Naresh has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.41, set at IIITDM Cube Open 2018, puts him in the top 8.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 648th in India. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since November 2017, he has put 461 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 85% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.82 in November 2017 to 12.69, a 47% improvement. Pradhyun has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 8.0% of 186,767 all-time
2.41
signature single · IIITDM Cube Open 2018
461
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 85% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
2×22.415.05
top 8.0%648 / 12,146
Pyraminx5.457.43
top 16.1%950 / 8,934
3×312.6913.52
top 16.4%2,013 / 20,018
3×3 one-handed19.3025.40
top 18.6%650 / 4,516
Square-116.7621.55
top 20.4%130 / 805
Skewb5.856.94
top 24.6%680 / 3,524
4×41:01.311:06.28
top 37.9%1,205 / 4,186
Clock15.8220.63
top 51.2%431 / 1,092
5×52:17.272:36.22
top 59.5%780 / 1,525
Megaminx2:27.35
early days — 2 solves699 / 1,443
3×3 Fewest Moves44 moves
early days — 3 solves314 / 600

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

Grand Cube Open 2017: 23.82Shaastra Cube Open 2018: 21.46CMI Tessellate Cube Open 2018: 21.28SRM Cube Open 2018: 18.42SSN Cube Open 2018: 16.15IIITDM Cube Open 2018: 14.89CMI Autumn Open 2018: 15.95Phoenix C3 Open 2018: 14.15Shaastra Cube Open 2019: 13.89CMI Tessellate Cube Open 2019: 14.31Carte Blanche Kube Open 2019: 13.72Sri Ramachandra Cube Open 2019: 13.72CMI Tessellate Cube Open 2020: 12.6912.6923.8226 Nov 201731 Jan 2020

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 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.41 away.
  • A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.45 away.

Targets move as he improves.