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Prashanth Swaminathan
Pyraminx · top 1.2% of 129,321 all-time · competing since July 2019 · 2019SWAM03
Prashanth Swaminathan has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.01, set at Cubing Saturday in SSN 2022, puts him in the top 1.2% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 56th in India. Until July 2011, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since July 2019, he has put 271 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 77% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His Pyraminx best has come down from 8.51 in July 2019 to 2.01, a 76% improvement. Prashanth has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | India | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 2.01 | 3.45 | top 1.2% | 56 / 8,934 | |
| 3×3 | 8.40 | 10.76 | top 3.5% | 341 / 20,018 | |
| 2×2 | 1.82 | 2.37 | top 3.7% | 281 / 12,146 | |
| Megaminx | 55.57 | 1:03.73 | top 7.7% | 62 / 1,443 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.84 | 19.49 | top 12.2% | 402 / 4,516 | |
| 5×5 | 1:30.70 | 1:38.46 | top 27.9% | 327 / 1,525 | |
| 4×4 | 59.63 | 1:04.32 | top 36.1% | 1,141 / 4,186 | |
| Square-1 | 25.78 | 36.61 | top 40.9% | 284 / 805 | |
| 6×6 | 3:01.99 | 3:22.07 | top 42.0% | 180 / 531 |
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, Pyraminx. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 17 Mar 2024Three personal bests in one day at Rajalakshmi Engineering College Cube Open 2024.
- 15 Aug 2023Six personal bests in one day at C3 Independence Day Open 2023.
- 17 Dec 2022First sub-15 3×3: 9.14 at Cubing Saturday in SSN 2022.
- 17 Dec 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.14 at Cubing Saturday in SSN 2022.
- 17 Dec 2022Four personal bests in one day at Cubing Saturday in SSN 2022.
- 31 Jan 2020Eight personal bests in one day at CMI Tessellate Cube Open 2020.
Competitions
- SSN Cube Open 2025 · 8 Feb 2025
- Back to Cubing Madras 2025 · 11 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Tamil Nadu Cube Challenge 2024 · 2 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Rajalakshmi Engineering College Cube Open 2024 · 17 Mar 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- C3 Independence Day Open 2023 · 15 Aug 2023 — 6 personal bests set
- Cubing Saturday in SSN 2022 · 17 Dec 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- CMI Tessellate Cube Open 2020 · 31 Jan 2020 — 8 personal bests set
- C3 Cup Finale 2019 · 28 Dec 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- HLC Cube Challenge 2019 · 28 Sep 2019 — 1 personal best set
- SSN Cube Open 2019 · 27 Jul 2019
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.
- Nishanth Swaminathan — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead 28 times
- Sujai Shakthivel — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Lalith Sashank — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.01 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.40 away.
Targets move as he improves.