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Prakhar Gupta

2×2 · top 4.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since February 2014 · 2014GUPT09

Prakhar Gupta has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.97, set at National Cubing Region Open 2017, puts him in the top 4.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 334th in India. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 21 competitions since February 2014, he has put 1,028 official solves on the record across 16 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 71% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 35.39 in February 2014 to 11.97, a 66% improvement. Prakhar has entered 21 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 4.5% of 186,767 all-time
1.97
signature single · National Cubing Region Open 2017
1,028
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 71% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
2×21.974.00
top 4.5%334 / 12,146
3×3 Fewest Moves25 moves29.00
top 5.1%11 / 600
Pyraminx4.266.72
top 9.0%517 / 8,934
Skewb3.947.38
top 10.5%270 / 3,524
3×311.9713.76
top 13.8%1,660 / 20,018
Square-113.9921.96
top 14.1%89 / 805
4×450.0859.59
top 24.8%725 / 4,186
Megaminx1:25.371:32.39
top 25.2%247 / 1,443
3×3 one-handed22.3226.70
top 26.9%971 / 4,516
5×51:49.151:52.68
top 42.0%534 / 1,525
6×63:50.274:03.21
top 62.4%300 / 531
7×75:46.815:51.70
top 64.3%218 / 360
3×3 blindfolded3:49.28—
top 65.5%338 / 598
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 2 cubes · 17:35—
early days — 1 solve114 / 168
Clock26.3150.19
top 79.0%757 / 1,092
4×4 blindfolded36:15.00—
early days — 1 solve69 / 69

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

Rubi Quest 2014: 35.39Delhi Open 2014: 28.09National Cubing Region Open 2014: 23.05Cubing V1.0 2014: 16.86PB Smashathon 2015: 17.17MathSoc Open 2015: 16.65Indian Open Rubik's Cube 2015: 15.39National Cubing Region Open 2015: 18.69Akash Open 2015: 14.81Delhi Autumn Open 2015: 15.83Plenty o' Parity 2015: 15.90Indian Open Rubik's Cube 2016: 13.43Indian Nationals 2016: 11.97National Cubing Region Open 2016: 16.00National Cubing Region Open 2017: 14.14Delhi Cube Splash 2017: 14.48Speedcubing ESYA 2017: 13.34J Cube Jammu 2017: 12.73Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 2017: 13.6411.9735.3910 Feb 20144 Nov 2017

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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.97 away.
  • A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.26 away.

Targets move as he improves.