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Prateek Machiraju

3×3 · top 27.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2017 · 2017MACH06

Prateek Machiraju has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 15.87, set at Raleigh Rubik's Rally 2017, puts him in the top 27.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 14,973rd in the United States. Across 3 competitions since September 2017, he has put 35 official solves on the record across two 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 18.39 in September 2017 to 15.87, a 14% improvement. Prateek has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 27.4% of 284,439 all-time
15.87
signature single · Raleigh Rubik's Rally 2017
35
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×315.8717.47
top 27.4%14,973 / 59,724
2×25.568.42
top 46.0%18,601 / 40,951

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

ODU Big Blue Fall 2017: 18.39Raleigh Rubik's Rally 2017: 15.87Varsha Ritu Cube Open 2018: 16.2815.8718.399 Sep 20178 Jul 2018

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 0.87 away.
  • A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.56 away.

Targets move as he improves.