People · India
Prayaan Nihalani
2×2 · top 15.6% of 189,179 all-time · competing since February 2025 · 2025NIHA01
Prayaan Nihalani has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.11, set at IIT Gandhinagar Cube Open 2026, puts him in the top 15.6% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,299th in India. Across 5 competitions since February 2025, he has put 135 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.61 in February 2025 to 12.68, a 28% improvement. Prayaan has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | India | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 3.11 | 5.29 | top 15.6% | 1,299 / 12,225 | |
| 3×3 | 12.68 | 17.09 | top 16.4% | 2,034 / 20,146 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.02 | 10.78 | top 20.2% | 1,215 / 8,971 | |
| Skewb | 5.98 | 11.09 | top 25.7% | 726 / 3,548 | |
| Megaminx | 2:16.61 | 2:22.54 | top 54.7% | 643 / 1,458 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 38.06 | 41.37 | top 62.5% | 2,514 / 4,534 | |
| 4×4 | 1:31.97 | 1:37.27 | top 65.2% | 2,302 / 4,220 |
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
- 10 Oct 2026Four personal bests in one day at IIT Gandhinagar Cube Open 2026.
- 28 Feb 2026Four personal bests in one day at Synocubix Gandhinagar 2026.
- 8 Nov 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.63 at AML IIT Gandhinagar Open 2025.
- 8 Nov 2025Five personal bests in one day at AML IIT Gandhinagar Open 2025.
- 22 Feb 2025First competition: Synocubix Gandhinagar 2025. A 17.61 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- IIT Gandhinagar Cube Open 2026 · 10 Oct 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Ahmedabad Side Events 2026 · 29 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Synocubix Gandhinagar 2026 · 28 Feb 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- AML IIT Gandhinagar Open 2025 · 8 Nov 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Synocubix Gandhinagar 2025 · 22 Feb 2025
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.
- Nishit Chauhan — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead once
- Vrushank Tejas Rathod — met in 28 rounds, never finished ahead
- Prina Simariya — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.11 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 40,277 people have one; it is 0.68 away.
Targets move as he improves.