People · India
Prateek Dharanikota
3×3 · top 17.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2019 · 2019DHAR05
Prateek Dharanikota has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.89, set at Quad Cities Saturday 2025, puts him in the top 17.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,113th in India. Across 4 competitions since December 2019, he has put 48 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.88 in December 2019 to 12.89, a 35% improvement. Prateek has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% 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 | 12.89 | 14.25 | top 17.0% | 2,113 / 20,018 | |
| 2×2 | 4.92 | 5.75 | top 38.3% | 3,532 / 12,146 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.92 | 13.02 | top 52.4% | 3,508 / 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
- 22 Nov 2025First sub-15 3×3: 13.92 at Quad Cities Saturday 2025.
- 1 Dec 2019First competition: UIUC Fall 2019. A 19.88 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Quad Cities Saturday 2025 · 22 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing Peoria 2020 · 16 Feb 2020 — 1 personal best set
- Wiscube 2019 · 21 Dec 2019 — 1 personal best set
- UIUC Fall 2019 · 1 Dec 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.
- Ashley Gray — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Ant Irizarry — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead once
- Brian Johnson — met in 10 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.89 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.92 away.
Targets move as he improves.