People · South Africa
Pranav Ramraj
Pyraminx · top 5.8% of 129,321 all-time · competing since August 2015 · 2015RAMR01
Pranav Ramraj has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.57, set at Durban Summer Warm-up 2021, puts him in the top 5.8% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 36th in South Africa. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since August 2015, he has put 292 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 60% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.78 in August 2015 to 9.62, a 39% 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 | South Africa | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.57 | 8.98 | top 5.8% | 36 / 946 | |
| 3×3 | 9.62 | 11.65 | top 6.4% | 65 / 2,164 | |
| 2×2 | 2.97 | 4.38 | top 13.9% | 135 / 1,510 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.79 | 24.13 | top 14.5% | 40 / 467 | |
| 5×5 | 1:20.57 | 1:26.44 | top 19.6% | 28 / 221 | |
| 4×4 | 47.03 | 55.51 | top 20.8% | 64 / 491 | |
| Skewb | 5.53 | 7.45 | top 22.2% | 78 / 438 | |
| Megaminx | 2:27.73 | 2:48.33 | top 60.1% | 121 / 266 |
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 Mar 2025Five personal bests in one day at CubeCo Coastal Cubing KZN 2025.
- 1 May 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.66 at Dolphin Coast Autumn 2023.
- 1 May 2023Four personal bests in one day at Dolphin Coast Autumn 2023.
- 30 Jul 2022Three personal bests in one day at CubeCo Durban Winter Warmup 2022.
- 4 Dec 2021Three personal bests in one day at Durban Summer Warm-up 2021.
- 27 Apr 2019Three personal bests in one day at KwaZulu-Natal 2019.
Competitions
- CubeCo Coastal Cubing KZN 2025 · 21 Mar 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Dolphin Coast Autumn 2023 · 1 May 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- CubeCo Durban Winter Warmup 2022 · 30 Jul 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Durban Summer Warm-up 2021 · 4 Dec 2021 — 3 personal bests set
- KwaZulu-Natal 2019 · 27 Apr 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Eden Village Winter 2017 · 15 Jul 2017 — 5 personal bests set
- Pops Winter 2015 · 29 Aug 2015
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.
- Waseem Hoosain — met in 42 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Timothy Lawrance — met in 39 rounds, finished ahead 29 times
- Christian Swartz — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead 19 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.57 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.62 away.
Targets move as he improves.