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Pranav Aithal
3×3 · top 6.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2014 · 2014AITH04
Pranav Aithal has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.66, set at IIA Summer Open - May 2017, puts him in the top 6.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 697th in India. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since November 2014, he has put 495 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 64% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.44 in November 2014 to 9.66, a 67% improvement. Pranav has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% 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 | 9.66 | 10.98 | top 6.5% | 697 / 20,018 | |
| 4×4 | 35.74 | 44.17 | top 7.4% | 199 / 4,186 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.36 | 6.74 | top 9.5% | 542 / 8,934 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.76 | 23.36 | top 9.7% | 315 / 4,516 | |
| Skewb | 4.11 | 12.42 | top 11.6% | 305 / 3,524 | |
| 2×2 | 2.94 | 3.90 | top 13.6% | 1,125 / 12,146 | |
| 5×5 | 1:34.36 | 1:39.23 | top 31.0% | 371 / 1,525 | |
| Megaminx | 3:13.19 | — | top 78.7% | 970 / 1,443 | |
| 6×6 | 6:38.31 | — | early days — 1 solve | 486 / 531 |
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
- 31 Jan 2020Three personal bests in one day at CMI Tessellate Cube Open 2020.
- 20 Oct 2018Three personal bests in one day at Bangalore Open 2018.
- 14 Apr 2018Three personal bests in one day at Oakridge Cube Open - April 2018.
- 20 Oct 2017Five personal bests in one day at Indian Cube Challenge 2017.
- 27 May 2017First sub-10 3×3: 9.66 at IIA Summer Open - May 2017.
- 27 May 2017Four personal bests in one day at IIA Summer Open - May 2017.
Competitions
- CMI Tessellate Cube Open 2020 · 31 Jan 2020 — 3 personal bests set
- Bengaluru Summer Open 2019 · 25 May 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Indian Nationals 2019 · 11 Apr 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Bangalore Open 2018 · 20 Oct 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Bengaluru Championship 2018 · 27 Jul 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Oakridge Cube Open - April 2018 · 14 Apr 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Indian Cube Challenge 2017 · 20 Oct 2017 — 5 personal bests set
- ICC Juniors August 2017 · 12 Aug 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- IIA Summer Open - May 2017 · 27 May 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Cube On Bengaluru 2016 · 27 Feb 2016
- APJ BLD Open 2015 · 31 Oct 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- Brain Studio Cube Open 2015 · 29 Aug 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Brain Studio Cube Open 2014 · 15 Nov 2014
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.
- Nitin Nathan — met in 62 rounds, never finished ahead
- Naman Jain — met in 61 rounds, finished ahead 30 times
- Naren Ramesh — met in 61 rounds, finished ahead 27 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.66 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 5.74 away.
Targets move as he improves.