Sunday 6 September 2026 Rebuilt nightly from the WCA's official results · export of 6 September 2026 · About
The Middle Three
People → India → Pradyun Bajaj

People · India

Pradyun Bajaj

3×3 · top 9.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2015 · 2015BAJA04

Pradyun Bajaj has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.78, set at Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 2016, puts him in the top 9.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,111th in India. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since October 2015, he has put 130 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.91 in October 2015 to 10.78, a 28% improvement. Pradyun has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 9.8% of 284,439 all-time
10.78
signature single · Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 2016
130
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
3×310.7814.47
top 9.8%1,111 / 20,018
2×23.455.38
top 19.6%1,662 / 12,146
Pyraminx7.3812.34
top 31.0%1,938 / 8,934
4×41:15.501:20.07
top 52.1%1,749 / 4,186
3×3 one-handed42.8146.60
top 69.1%2,791 / 4,516
5×53:15.88
early days — 2 solves1,146 / 1,525

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

Delhi Autumn Open 2015: 14.91Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 2016: 10.78Cubing Complexity 2016: 12.49Delhi Open 2017: 11.87MathSoc Open 2018: 14.3210.7814.9117 Oct 201527 Jan 2018

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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.78 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.45 away.

Targets move as he improves.