People · India
Pranav Prakash
2×2 · top 7.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2022 · 2022PRAK04
Pranav Prakash has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.33, set at Raffles World Academy Dubai 2024, puts him in the top 7.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 574th in India. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since September 2022, he has put 177 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 3.87 in September 2022 to 2.33, a 40% improvement. Pranav has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | India | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.33 | 4.37 | top 7.3% | 574 / 12,146 | |
| 3×3 | 11.54 | 12.98 | top 12.3% | 1,441 / 20,018 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.29 | 39.47 | top 26.8% | 968 / 4,516 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.14 | 12.76 | top 37.4% | 2,382 / 8,934 | |
| Skewb | 7.77 | 11.20 | top 39.5% | 1,105 / 3,524 | |
| 4×4 | 1:06.02 | 1:16.61 | top 42.9% | 1,401 / 4,186 | |
| Megaminx | 2:02.68 | 2:20.11 | top 47.2% | 541 / 1,443 | |
| 5×5 | 4:10.65 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,323 / 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
Best single per competition, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 27 Apr 2024Three personal bests in one day at Dubai Open 2024.
- 16 Dec 2022First sub-20 3×3: 17.58 at Sunmarke Dubai Open 2022.
- 16 Dec 2022First sub-15 3×3: 14.99 at Sunmarke Dubai Open 2022.
- 16 Dec 2022Five personal bests in one day at Sunmarke Dubai Open 2022.
- 10 Sep 2022First competition: Dubai Summer Open 2022. A 20.08 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Dubai American Academy Open 2025 · 13 Sep 2025
- DIA EH Cube for Change Dubai A 2025 · 25 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Raffles World Academy Dubai 2024 · 22 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Dubai Open 2024 · 27 Apr 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Georgia March Open 2024 · 24 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Sunmarke Dubai Open 2022 · 16 Dec 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Dubai Summer Open 2022 · 10 Sep 2022
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.
- Hamza Asif Khan — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead 19 times
- Mihir Narayan — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead once
- Ali Alshamsi — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.33 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.54 away.
Targets move as he improves.