People · India
Pranay Verma
3×3 · top 1.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2017 · 2017VERM04
Pranay Verma has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.26, set at Esplanade Cube Open 2026, puts him in the top 1.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 151st in India. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since February 2017, he has put 230 official solves on the record across three 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 12.67 in February 2017 to 7.26, a 43% improvement. Pranay has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% 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 | 7.26 | 8.78 | top 1.6% | 151 / 20,018 | |
| 2×2 | 2.03 | 3.29 | top 4.9% | 370 / 12,146 | |
| Pyraminx | 10.77 | 15.98 | top 58.8% | 4,017 / 8,934 |
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
- 28 Feb 2026Four personal bests in one day at Delhi Cube Open 2026.
- 9 Feb 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.52 at MathSoc Open 2019.
- 30 Jul 2017Three personal bests in one day at Delhi Cube Splash 2017.
- 25 Feb 2017First competition: Delhi Open 2017. A 15.99 3×3 single to start from.
- 25 Feb 2017First sub-15 3×3: 12.67 at Delhi Open 2017.
Competitions
- Delhi Summer Showdown 2026 · 19 Jul 2026
- Noida Summer Cube Open 2026 · 20 Jun 2026
- Esplanade Cube Open 2026 · 23 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Delhi Cube Open 2026 · 28 Feb 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- DIA EH Cube for Change Dubai B 2026 · 1 Feb 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Don't Pause in Delhi 2026 · 4 Jan 2026
- Delhi Cube Challenge 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Indian Nationals 2019 · 11 Apr 2019
- MathSoc Open 2019 · 9 Feb 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Delhi Cube Splash 2017 · 30 Jul 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- SNU Open 2017 · 8 Apr 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Delhi Open 2017 · 25 Feb 2017 — 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.
- Aryan Chhabra — met in 34 rounds, never finished ahead
- Kunal Oak — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead once
- Kaarnik Jain — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.26 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.03 away.
Targets move as he improves.