People · India
Prithwish Pal
3×3 · top 2.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2026 · 2026PALP01
Prithwish Pal has been competing for 4 months. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.07, set at Cubing Returns to Kolkata 2026, puts him in the top 2.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 271st in India. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 1 competition since May 2026, he has put 25 official solves on the record across two events.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | India | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.07 | 10.04 | top 2.9% | 271 / 20,018 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.91 | 22.75 | top 17.5% | 601 / 4,516 |
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 story so far
- 17 May 2026First competition: Cubing Returns to Kolkata 2026. A 9.31 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cubing Returns to Kolkata 2026 · 17 May 2026 — 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.
- Yuvraj Agarwal — met in 5 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Advit Srivastava — met in 5 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Hitesh Kumar Bhuwalka — met in 5 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.07 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 3.91 away.
Targets move as he improves.