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Pranav Raaghav

3×3 · top 3.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2013 · 2013RAAG01

Pranav Raaghav has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.45, set at VIT Rubik's Cube Challenge 2016, puts him in the top 3.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 352nd in India. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 18 competitions since September 2013, he has put 956 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 64% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.65 in September 2013 to 8.45, a 63% improvement. Pranav has entered 18 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.6% of 284,439 all-time
8.45
signature single · VIT Rubik's Cube Challenge 2016
956
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 64% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
3×38.4513.05
top 3.6%352 / 20,018
Megaminx1:00.221:08.85
top 10.1%81 / 1,443
Skewb3.956.61
top 10.6%274 / 3,524
2×22.754.55
top 11.5%954 / 12,146
Pyraminx5.096.91
top 13.7%797 / 8,934
4×442.2950.46
top 14.9%400 / 4,186
3×3 one-handed18.0023.21
top 15.1%521 / 4,516
3×3 blindfolded2:16.51
top 38.8%178 / 598
3×3 Fewest Moves38 moves41.67
top 40.9%179 / 600
5×51:50.422:05.88
top 42.9%548 / 1,525
3×3 Multi-Blind3 of 3 cubes · 24:49
top 54.9%82 / 168
6×66:21.396:56.05
early days — 3 solves477 / 531
Square-11:34.10
top 96.0%736 / 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

VIT Rubik's Challenge 2013: 22.65Shaastra Cube Open 2014: 16.00Carte Blanche Kube Open 2014: 15.17CMI Fiesta Open 2014: 13.65C3 Cube Open 2014: 16.89VIT Rubiks Cube Challenge 2014: 13.20Shaastra Cube Open 2015: 13.47REC Cube Open 2015: 9.67Indian Nationals 2015: 9.97Shaastra Cube Open 2016: 12.16SSN Cube Open 2016: 11.69VIT Rubik's Cube Challenge 2016: 8.45Shaastra Cube Open 2017: 11.87SSN Cube Open 2017: 10.90VIT Rubik's Cube Challenge 2017: 10.75Shaastra Cube Open 2018: 9.57C3 Cup Finale 2019: 14.958.4522.6528 Sep 201328 Dec 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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.45 away.
  • A sub-1:00 Megaminx single — 3,483 people have one; it is 0.22 away.

Targets move as he improves.