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Pranav Dandgaval

Pyraminx · top 1.5% of 129,321 all-time · competing since May 2017 · 2017DAND01

Pranav Dandgaval has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.20, set at Indian Nationals 2023, puts him in the top 1.5% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 74th in India. Until July 2011, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 63 competitions since May 2017, he has put 3,037 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 70% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.40 in May 2017 to 7.69, a 56% improvement. Pranav has entered 63 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 1.5% of 129,321 all-time
2.20
signature single · Indian Nationals 2023
3,037
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 70% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
Pyraminx2.203.81
top 1.5%74 / 8,934
2×21.512.80
top 2.2%162 / 12,146
3×37.6910.72
top 2.3%214 / 20,018
Square-17.5911.65
top 2.5%11 / 805
Skewb2.684.70
top 3.5%71 / 3,524
3×3 Fewest Moves25 moves31.67
top 5.1%11 / 600
Clock5.867.25
top 6.8%54 / 1,092
4×437.4444.63
top 9.2%244 / 4,186
3×3 one-handed16.1319.08
top 10.5%341 / 4,516
Megaminx1:06.441:15.74
top 13.6%121 / 1,443
5×51:36.681:46.55
top 32.8%403 / 1,525
3×3 blindfolded3:08.70—
top 54.9%277 / 598
6×63:49.853:52.81
top 62.2%298 / 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

Indian Nationals 2017: 17.40Mumbai Monsoon Open 2017: 18.16Avenues Rubik's Cube Open 2017: 11.63Rubik's Cube Mumbai Open 2017: 13.12Indian Nationals 2018: 12.31Oculus Cube Open 2020: 11.66Cubing Returns Pune 2022: 12.90BlithCube Open 2023: 12.91Saraswati Open 2023: 9.42Synocubix 2023: 9.76Oculus Cube Open 2023: 10.71IISER Pune Summer Open 2023: 10.42Pavillion Cube Open 2023: 11.09Surat Cubing Sprint 2023: 10.33Hyderabad Cube Open 2023: 9.63Pune Cube Fiesta 2023: 10.95Growel's 101 Cube Open 2023: 11.13Pune Unscrambled 2023: 11.00i.Cube Open 2023: 9.80Indian Nationals 2023: 12.01Surat Cube Carnival 2024: 10.09IISER Pune Winter Open 2024: 8.19DJ Sanghvi Cube Open 2024: 9.97Synocubix 2024: 9.52Oculus Cube Open 2024: 7.69Saraswati Open 2024: 11.91Korum Cube Challenge 2024: 10.04Fastest Fingers First Pune 2024: 9.67Mumbai City Cube Open 2024: 12.78Kumaraguru Cube Open 2024: 10.72Pune Unscrambled 2024: 10.34Pune Cube Carnival 2024: 10.02Kalyani Cube Open 2024: 9.36IISER Pune Autumn Open 2024: 11.41Amalthea Cube Open 2024: 9.98Mumbai Cubing Sprint 2024: 10.80Bengal Cube Open 2024: 8.51Ileseum Cube Open 2025: 10.21Cubing Returns Nagpur 2025: 9.59Synocubix Gandhinagar 2025: 10.55Cubing Returns to PCMC 2025: 8.83Saraswati College Cube Open 2025: 10.31IISER Pune Summer Open 2025: 10.67Mumbai Cubing Heat Wave 2025: 9.80Pune Summer Open 2025: 9.42Pune Cube Carnival 2025: 9.45Pune Unscrambled 2025: 9.39Fastest Fingers First Pune 2025: 10.51IISER Pune October Heat 2025: 12.05DAU Gandhinagar Cube Open 2025: 11.48AML IIT Gandhinagar Open 2025: 10.32SVNIT Cube Open 2026: 10.93Mumbai Cube Fiesta 2026: 10.50Pune Spring Open 2026: 10.11IISER Pune PARAM Open 2026: 9.68Mumbai Cubing Sprint 2026: 11.5824K Glitterati Cube Open 2026: 10.467.6918.1612 May 201721 Jun 2026

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-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.20 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.51 away.

Targets move as he improves.