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Pranav Prabhu

3×3 · top 0.72% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2016 · 2016PRAB03

Pranav Prabhu has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.35, set at SSN Cube Open 2018, puts him in the top 0.72% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 64th in India. Until May 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 49 competitions since November 2016, he has put 2,003 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 85% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.70 in November 2016 to 6.35, a 57% improvement. Pranav has entered 49 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.72% of 284,439 all-time
6.35
signature single · SSN Cube Open 2018
2,003
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 85% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
3×36.358.98
top 0.72%64 / 20,018
3×3 one-handed11.6514.72
top 2.6%78 / 4,516
3×3 Fewest Moves23 moves26.67
top 3.0%3 / 600
4×431.9336.09
top 4.1%100 / 4,186
5×558.151:03.71
top 4.6%48 / 1,525
6×61:54.132:06.21
top 8.7%40 / 531
Pyraminx4.227.55
top 8.8%505 / 8,934
Megaminx1:00.041:10.22
top 10.0%78 / 1,443
Skewb4.405.72
top 13.7%373 / 3,524
2×23.094.20
top 15.3%1,259 / 12,146
7×74:38.174:58.22
early days — 3 solves138 / 360
3×3 blindfolded2:38.85
top 46.0%220 / 598
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 2 cubes · 12:37
early days — 2 solves99 / 168
Clock21.3425.84
top 68.4%623 / 1,092
Square-143.6658.80
top 69.6%494 / 805

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

Montfort Championship 2016: 14.70Shaastra Cube Open 2017: 13.76Malabar Open 2017: 13.32Carte Blanche Kube Open 2017: 15.15Anaadyanta Cube Open 2017: 14.02SRM Cube Open 2017: 14.46SSN Cube Open 2017: 12.18VIT Rubik's Cube Challenge 2017: 12.40Indian Cube Challenge 2017: 10.54Grand Cube Open 2017: 11.83Shaastra Cube Open 2018: 10.02CMI Tessellate Cube Open 2018: 10.65Carte Blanche Kube Open 2018: 9.59Takshashila Cube Open 2018: 10.02SRM Cube Open 2018: 9.98Oakridge Cube Open - April 2018: 10.63Indian Nationals 2018: 8.68SSN Cube Open 2018: 6.35IIITDM Cube Open 2018: 8.99CMI Autumn Open 2018: 9.26Phoenix C3 Open 2018: 10.41Shaastra Cube Open 2019: 9.55CMI Tessellate Cube Open 2019: 9.95Carte Blanche Kube Open 2019: 9.58Pragyan Cube Open 2019: 7.70Indian Nationals 2019: 9.69Sri Ramachandra Cube Open 2019: 10.25SSN Cube Open 2019: 9.48Chennai Cube Open 2019: 8.77SRM Cube Open 2019: 7.42C3 Cup Finale 2019: 9.65CMI Tessellate Cube Open 2020: 9.461st Salem Open 2022: 8.30KCT Matrix Cube Open 2022: 8.97Delhi Big Cube Open 2022: 8.86Cubing Sunday in SSN 2022: 8.32Tamil Nadu Cube Challenge 2024: 8.48Cube Against Cancer Buffalo 2025: 8.51One-Handed Open NY 2025: 10.32ROC the Cube NY 2025: 7.82Kalanjiam Cubing Challenge 2025: 8.47RIT Tiger Twist 2026: 8.02ROC the Cube NY 2026: 7.406.3515.1526 Nov 201630 May 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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.35 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 one-handed single — 779 people have one; it is 1.65 away.

Targets move as he improves.