People · India
Prakhar Alok Semwal
3×3 · top 13.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2018 · 2018SEMW01
Prakhar Alok Semwal has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.83, set at Speedcubing ESYA 2019, puts him in the top 13.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,590th in India. Across 6 competitions since April 2018, he has put 94 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. Prakhar has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% 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 | 11.83 | 15.94 | top 13.3% | 1,590 / 20,018 | |
| 2×2 | 4.04 | 6.05 | top 27.0% | 2,344 / 12,146 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.36 | 34.73 | top 32.5% | 1,185 / 4,516 | |
| 4×4 | 2:01.92 | — | early days — 2 solves | 3,038 / 4,186 | |
| Skewb | 21.28 | 25.67 | top 91.4% | 2,910 / 3,524 | |
| Square-1 | 1:46.43 | — | early days — 1 solve | 759 / 805 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 3 Nov 2018First sub-15 3×3: 14.26 at Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 2018.
- 7 Apr 2018First competition: SNU Open 2018. A 18.29 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Surge SNU Cube Open 2025 · 25 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Speedcubing ESYA 2019 · 24 Aug 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- MathSoc Open 2019 · 9 Feb 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 2018 · 3 Nov 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Delhi Monsoon Open 2018 · 22 Jul 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- SNU Open 2018 · 7 Apr 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.
- Saiyam Jain — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Shivam Bansal — met in 22 rounds, never finished ahead
- Hargun Singh Tikku — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.83 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.04 away.
Targets move as he improves.