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Pranav Jain

3×3 · top 1.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2014 · 2014JAIN04

Pranav Jain has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.38, set at Emirates Open 2017, puts him in the top 1.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 164th in India. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since January 2014, he has put 569 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 53% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.96 in January 2014 to 7.38, a 59% improvement. Pranav has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.8% of 284,439 all-time
7.38
signature single · Emirates Open 2017
569
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 53% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
3×37.389.42
top 1.8%164 / 20,018
2×21.463.15
top 2.0%148 / 12,146
3×3 one-handed13.4919.91
top 5.2%160 / 4,516
Pyraminx5.3410.05
top 15.4%898 / 8,934
4×444.4146.79
top 17.5%487 / 4,186
Skewb8.068.90
top 41.7%1,165 / 3,524
5×53:11.79
early days — 2 solves1,127 / 1,525

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

Speed Cubing Mumbai Unlimited 2014: 17.96Indian Nationals 2014: 11.28National TPoly Rubik's Cube Open 2014: 11.64Genius Kid India Open 2014: 9.95Mumbai Open 2014: 10.62Speed Cubing Mumbai Unlimited 2015: 9.59SCMU Juhu Open 2015: 11.34SCMU Freedom Open 2015: 9.56SP Open Mini 2015: 9.19Dubai Open 2016: 10.33Emirates Open 2017: 7.38Sunmarke Dubai Open 2017: 10.28Sunmarke Dubai Open II 2017: 8.89GEMS Modern Academy Open 2018: 8.60City Centre Sharjah Open 2019: 8.877.3817.9610 Jan 201413 Sep 2019

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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.38 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.46 away.

Targets move as he improves.