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Praveen Mendu

3×3 · top 36.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2018 · 2018MEND19

Praveen Mendu has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 18.74, set at Nalsar Cube Open 2024, puts him in the top 36.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,048th in India. Across 5 competitions since July 2018, he has put 47 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.12 in July 2018 to 18.74, a 22% improvement. Praveen has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 36.3% of 284,439 all-time
18.74
signature single · Nalsar Cube Open 2024
47
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
3×318.7421.62
top 36.3%5,048 / 20,018
2×25.789.69
top 48.5%4,672 / 12,146
Pyraminx19.2427.08
top 91.9%7,468 / 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

Varsha Ritu Cube Open 2018: 24.12Cubing ATMOSphere 2018: 18.88Geethanjali Cube Open 2019: 21.90Nalsar Cube Open 2024: 18.7418.7424.128 Jul 20182 Mar 2024

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 3.74 away.
  • A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.78 away.

Targets move as he improves.