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Prashant Swarnkar

3×3 · top 11.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2010 · 2010SWAR01

Prashant Swarnkar has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.30, set at Mumbai Open 2012, puts him in the top 11.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,327th in India. Across 10 competitions since February 2010, he has put 211 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 54% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.19 in February 2010 to 11.30, a 20% improvement. Prashant has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 11.4% of 284,439 all-time
11.30
signature single · Mumbai Open 2012
211
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 54% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
3×311.3012.54
top 11.4%1,327 / 20,018
3×3 one-handed21.4127.61
top 24.3%876 / 4,516
2×24.537.89
top 33.3%2,970 / 12,146
4×41:01.111:07.31
top 37.7%1,199 / 4,186
3×3 blindfolded2:45.113:59.46
top 48.1%230 / 598
3×3 Fewest Moves46 moves
early days — 1 solve357 / 600
Square-11:05.051:35.35
top 86.7%635 / 805
3×3 Multi-Blind1 of 2 cubes · 15:49
early days — 1 solve161 / 168

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

Mumbai Open 2010: 14.19Quizfest Open 2010: 14.59Mumbai Rubik's Cube Challenge 2010: 14.12Axis Cube Open 2010: 13.30Shaastra Cube Open 2010: 14.13Indian Open Rubik's Cube 2011: 12.86Speedcubing Mumbai Unlimited 2011: 11.55Mumbai Open 2012: 11.30Techfest Cube Mania 2013: 11.37Pantheon Cube Open 2014: 12.8011.3014.596 Feb 201012 Apr 2014

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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.30 away.
  • A sub-20 3×3 one-handed single — 15,081 people have one; it is 1.41 away.

Targets move as he improves.