People · India
Prayaan Nihalani
3×3 · top 19.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2025 · 2025NIHA01
Prayaan Nihalani has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.64, set at Synocubix Gandhinagar 2026, puts him in the top 19.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,480th in India. Across 4 competitions since February 2025, he has put 105 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.61 in February 2025 to 13.64, a 23% improvement. Prayaan has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | India | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 13.64 | 17.09 | top 19.7% | 2,480 / 20,018 | |
| 2×2 | 3.49 | 5.29 | top 20.1% | 1,719 / 12,146 | |
| Skewb | 5.98 | 12.16 | top 25.6% | 715 / 3,524 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.09 | 10.78 | top 45.6% | 2,990 / 8,934 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 38.06 | 41.37 | top 62.5% | 2,501 / 4,516 | |
| 4×4 | 1:49.85 | — | top 76.6% | 2,763 / 4,186 |
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
- 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
- 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 23 rounds, finished ahead once
- Prina Simariya — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Vrushank Tejas Rathod — met in 22 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.64 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.49 away.
Targets move as he improves.