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Prakhar Lal
2×2 · top 1.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2019 · 2019LALP01
Prakhar Lal has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.30, set at Noida Cube Open 2022, puts him in the top 1.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 93rd in India. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since August 2019, he has put 348 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 68% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.93 in August 2019 to 9.04, a 64% improvement. Prakhar has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | India | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.30 | 3.01 | top 1.4% | 93 / 12,146 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.25 | 7.30 | top 4.5% | 255 / 8,934 | |
| 3×3 | 9.04 | 10.63 | top 4.9% | 510 / 20,018 | |
| Skewb | 4.02 | 9.50 | top 11.0% | 291 / 3,524 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.97 | 22.78 | top 20.4% | 728 / 4,516 | |
| 4×4 | 52.60 | 59.55 | top 27.9% | 837 / 4,186 | |
| Megaminx | 3:30.98 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,049 / 1,443 |
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
- 8 Jun 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.04 at Kota Cube Festival 2025.
- 8 Jun 2025Three personal bests in one day at Kota Cube Festival 2025.
- 17 Feb 2023Three personal bests in one day at Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 2023.
- 3 Apr 2022First sub-20 3×3: 14.89 at Noida Cube Open 2022.
- 3 Apr 2022First sub-15 3×3: 14.89 at Noida Cube Open 2022.
- 3 Apr 2022Three personal bests in one day at Noida Cube Open 2022.
Competitions
- Noida Summer Cube Open 2026 · 20 Jun 2026
- Speedcubing Delhi ESYA 2025 · 30 Aug 2025
- Kota Cube Festival 2025 · 8 Jun 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 2025 · 22 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- D21 Delhi Cube Open D 2025 · 23 Feb 2025
- Vanderbilt Spring 2024 · 9 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- TN Speedsolving Winter 2024 · 10 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Delhi Big Cube Bash 2023 · 30 Jul 2023
- Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 2023 · 17 Feb 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- BCM Arya Cubing Challenge 2022 · 4 Dec 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Delhi Big Cube Open 2022 · 17 Sep 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- DSL Cube Open 2022 · 18 Jun 2022
- Noida Cube Open 2022 · 3 Apr 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Speedcubing ESYA 2019 · 24 Aug 2019
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.
- Aryan Chhabra — met in 51 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Veenayak Bhola — met in 51 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Divij Yadav — met in 47 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.30 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.25 away.
Targets move as he improves.