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Pranav Goel

Pyraminx · top 7.5% of 129,321 all-time · competing since December 2017 · 2017GOEL03

Pranav Goel has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.98, set at BCM Arya Cubing Challenge 2019, puts him in the top 7.5% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 433rd in India. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since December 2017, he has put 206 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 87% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His Pyraminx best has come down from 12.04 in September 2018 to 3.98, a 67% improvement. Pranav has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 7.5% of 129,321 all-time
3.98
signature single · BCM Arya Cubing Challenge 2019
206
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 87% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
Pyraminx3.986.44
top 7.5%433 / 8,934
Skewb3.948.45
top 10.5%270 / 3,524
2×22.925.05
top 13.3%1,099 / 12,146
3×313.6715.84
top 19.8%2,493 / 20,018
3×3 one-handed30.8837.72
top 48.6%1,849 / 4,516
4×41:35.891:43.91
top 67.8%2,399 / 4,186

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

LPU National Cube Challenge 2018: 12.04Five Rivers Cube Open 2018: 9.03BCM Arya Cubing Challenge 2018: 6.80Chandigarh Open 2019: 5.74BCM Arya Cubing Challenge 2019: 3.983.9812.041 Sep 201824 Nov 2019

Best single per competition, Pyraminx. 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-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.98 away.
  • A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.94 away.

Targets move as he improves.