People · India
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.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | India | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 6.35 | 8.98 | top 0.72% | 64 / 20,018 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 11.65 | 14.72 | top 2.6% | 78 / 4,516 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 23 moves | 26.67 | top 3.0% | 3 / 600 | |
| 4×4 | 31.93 | 36.09 | top 4.1% | 100 / 4,186 | |
| 5×5 | 58.15 | 1:03.71 | top 4.6% | 48 / 1,525 | |
| 6×6 | 1:54.13 | 2:06.21 | top 8.7% | 40 / 531 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.22 | 7.55 | top 8.8% | 505 / 8,934 | |
| Megaminx | 1:00.04 | 1:10.22 | top 10.0% | 78 / 1,443 | |
| Skewb | 4.40 | 5.72 | top 13.7% | 373 / 3,524 | |
| 2×2 | 3.09 | 4.20 | top 15.3% | 1,259 / 12,146 | |
| 7×7 | 4:38.17 | 4:58.22 | early days — 3 solves | 138 / 360 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:38.85 | — | top 46.0% | 220 / 598 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 2 of 2 cubes · 12:37 | — | early days — 2 solves | 99 / 168 | |
| Clock | 21.34 | 25.84 | top 68.4% | 623 / 1,092 | |
| Square-1 | 43.66 | 58.80 | 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 21 Jun 2025Three personal bests in one day at ROC the Cube NY 2025.
- 31 Jan 2020Five personal bests in one day at CMI Tessellate Cube Open 2020.
- 28 Dec 2019Three personal bests in one day at C3 Cup Finale 2019.
- 2 Mar 2019Six personal bests in one day at Carte Blanche Kube Open 2019.
- 27 Oct 2018Three personal bests in one day at CMI Autumn Open 2018.
- 28 Jul 2018Three personal bests in one day at SSN Cube Open 2018.
Competitions
- ROC the Cube NY 2026 · 30 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- RIT Tiger Twist 2026 · 4 Apr 2026
- Kalanjiam Cubing Challenge 2025 · 28 Dec 2025
- ROC the Cube NY 2025 · 21 Jun 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- One-Handed Open NY 2025 · 7 Jun 2025
- Cube Against Cancer Buffalo 2025 · 5 Apr 2025
- Tamil Nadu Cube Challenge 2024 · 2 Jun 2024
- FMC 2024 · 1 Jun 2024
- Indian Nationals FMC 2023 · 10 Dec 2023
- Cubing Sunday in SSN 2022 · 18 Dec 2022
- Delhi Big Cube Open 2022 · 17 Sep 2022
- KCT Matrix Cube Open 2022 · 31 Jul 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- 1st Salem Open 2022 · 26 Jun 2022
- CMI Tessellate Cube Open 2020 · 31 Jan 2020 — 5 personal bests set
- C3 Cup Finale 2019 · 28 Dec 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- SRM Cube Open 2019 · 19 Oct 2019
- HLC Cube Challenge 2019 · 28 Sep 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Chennai Cube Open 2019 · 25 Aug 2019
- SSN Cube Open 2019 · 27 Jul 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- FMC 2019 · 15 Jun 2019
- Sri Ramachandra Cube Open 2019 · 9 Jun 2019
- Indian Nationals 2019 · 11 Apr 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Pragyan Cube Open 2019 · 17 Mar 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Carte Blanche Kube Open 2019 · 2 Mar 2019 — 6 personal bests set
- CMI Tessellate Cube Open 2019 · 1 Feb 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Shaastra Cube Open 2019 · 5 Jan 2019 — 1 personal best set
- FMC Asia 2018 · 8 Dec 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Phoenix C3 Open 2018 · 1 Dec 2018 — 1 personal best set
- CMI Autumn Open 2018 · 27 Oct 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- IIITDM Cube Open 2018 · 18 Aug 2018 — 1 personal best set
- SSN Cube Open 2018 · 28 Jul 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Chennai Mind Over Matter 2018 · 16 Jun 2018
- Indian Nationals 2018 · 25 May 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Oakridge Cube Open - April 2018 · 14 Apr 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- SRM Cube Open 2018 · 23 Mar 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Takshashila Cube Open 2018 · 3 Mar 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Carte Blanche Kube Open 2018 · 10 Feb 2018 — 6 personal bests set
- CMI Tessellate Cube Open 2018 · 3 Feb 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Shaastra Cube Open 2018 · 6 Jan 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Grand Cube Open 2017 · 26 Nov 2017
- Indian Cube Challenge 2017 · 20 Oct 2017 — 5 personal bests set
- VIT Rubik's Cube Challenge 2017 · 22 Sep 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- SSN Cube Open 2017 · 28 Jul 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- SRM Cube Open 2017 · 26 Mar 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Anaadyanta Cube Open 2017 · 11 Mar 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Carte Blanche Kube Open 2017 · 18 Feb 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Malabar Open 2017 · 14 Jan 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Shaastra Cube Open 2017 · 31 Dec 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Montfort Championship 2016 · 26 Nov 2016 — 1 personal best set
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 187 rounds, finished ahead 17 times · head to head
- Vijay Kishore — met in 162 rounds, finished ahead 31 times · head to head
- Naren Ramesh — met in 158 rounds, finished ahead 74 times · head to head
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.