People · United States
Praveen Prabaharan
3×3 · top 0.53% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2017 · 2017PRAB07
Praveen Prabaharan has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.08, set at Ocean State Cubikon 2024, puts him in the top 0.53% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 358th in the United States. Until June 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since December 2017, he has put 220 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 97% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.06 in December 2017 to 6.08, a 66% improvement. Praveen has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 6.08 | 9.20 | top 0.53% | 358 / 59,724 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 12.88 | 15.32 | top 4.2% | 617 / 15,683 | |
| 2×2 | 2.63 | 4.54 | top 10.2% | 4,015 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 38.82 | 41.02 | top 10.7% | 1,589 / 19,072 | |
| Square-1 | 18.76 | 20.34 | top 25.2% | 1,665 / 6,743 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.01 | 14.18 | top 36.2% | 10,251 / 28,708 | |
| 5×5 | 2:06.68 | — | early days — 2 solves | 4,502 / 9,401 | |
| Skewb | 9.91 | 11.01 | top 54.4% | 9,857 / 18,907 |
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
- 21 Feb 2026Four personal bests in one day at Brown Cubing Day 2026.
- 22 Sep 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.27 at Ocean State Cubikon 2024.
- 22 Sep 2024Three personal bests in one day at Ocean State Cubikon 2024.
- 13 Apr 2024Three personal bests in one day at South Jersey Speedsolving 2024.
- 7 Oct 2023Three personal bests in one day at Slow N Steady Fall 2023.
- 16 Mar 2019First sub-15 3×3: 12.40 at Lower Moreland Winter 2019.
Competitions
- Brown Cubing Day 2026 · 21 Feb 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Ocean State Cubikon 2025 · 28 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Ocean State Cubikon 2024 · 22 Sep 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- South Jersey Speedsolving 2024 · 13 Apr 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady Fall 2023 · 7 Oct 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Arcadia Summer 2019 · 22 Jun 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Lower Moreland Winter 2019 · 16 Mar 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Fall Foliage Cubing 2018 · 20 Oct 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Liberty Science Center Open 2017 · 16 Dec 2017
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.
- AJ Kamal — met in 18 rounds, never finished ahead
- Lauren Phung — met in 18 rounds, never finished ahead
- Mitchell Hum — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.08 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 0.88 away.
Targets move as he improves.