People · Sri Lanka
Praveen Charuka Athauda-Arachchi
Pyraminx · top 5.2% of 129,321 all-time · competing since April 2023 · 2023ATHA02
Praveen Charuka Athauda-Arachchi has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.42, set at Colombo Matrix Open 2023, puts him in the top 5.2% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 10th in Sri Lanka. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since April 2023, he has put 97 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.69 in April 2023 to 12.55, a 15% improvement. Praveen has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Sri Lanka | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.42 | 13.46 | top 5.2% | 10 / 348 | |
| 3×3 | 12.55 | 14.79 | top 15.8% | 74 / 590 | |
| 2×2 | 4.82 | 6.72 | top 37.0% | 126 / 431 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 27.40 | 28.14 | top 40.4% | 57 / 186 | |
| 4×4 | 1:04.32 | 1:19.62 | top 41.0% | 53 / 209 | |
| Skewb | 10.64 | 16.02 | top 58.8% | 81 / 141 | |
| 5×5 | 2:36.88 | 3:03.26 | top 69.0% | 47 / 88 | |
| Megaminx | 3:22.87 | 3:39.81 | top 81.6% | 55 / 68 | |
| Clock | 28.73 | 40.46 | top 82.8% | 43 / 55 | |
| 6×6 | 5:38.10 | 6:43.49 | early days — 3 solves | 24 / 31 |
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
- 23 Dec 2023Six personal bests in one day at Colombo Cubing Christmas 2023.
- 7 Apr 2023First competition: Colombo Matrix Open 2023. A 15.13 3×3 single to start from.
- 7 Apr 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.69 at Colombo Matrix Open 2023.
Competitions
- Colombo Cubing Christmas 2023 · 23 Dec 2023 — 6 personal bests set
- Colombo Matrix Open 2023 · 7 Apr 2023 — 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.
- Samath Keppitiyagama — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Benul Uthsala Subasinghe — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Banura Perera — met in 20 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.42 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.55 away.
Targets move as he improves.