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Pranava Ponvinayagan

3×3 · top 31.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2019 · 2019PONV01

Pranava Ponvinayagan has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 17.02, set at Wakefield MA Summer 2024, puts him in the top 31.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,184th in India. Across 5 competitions since June 2019, he has put 45 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 21% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 39.13 in June 2019 to 17.02, a 57% improvement. Pranava has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 31.0% of 284,439 all-time
17.02
signature single · Wakefield MA Summer 2024
45
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
3×317.0219.89
top 31.0%4,184 / 20,018
2×25.746.98
top 48.1%4,612 / 12,146

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

Cubing in Cambridge 2019: 39.13CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2022: 19.28Fall River Cubikon 2023: 19.19Apple Cider Open MA 2024: 17.21Wakefield MA Summer 2024: 17.0217.0239.131 Jun 201930 Jun 2024

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 2.02 away.
  • A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.74 away.

Targets move as he improves.