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Rufus Prabhu-Desai

2×2 · top 0.21% of 189,179 all-time · competing since June 2023 · 2023PRAB09

Rufus Prabhu-Desai has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.78, set at York Summer 2026, puts him in the top 0.21% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 20th in the United Kingdom. Until November 2011, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 63 competitions since June 2023, he has put 3,492 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 69% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.22 in June 2023 to 5.39, a 70% improvement. Rufus has entered 63 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.21% of 189,179 all-time
0.78
signature single · York Summer 2026
3,492
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 69% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited Kingdom
2×20.781.51
top 0.21%20 / 4,946
3×35.396.44
top 0.21%19 / 6,785
Megaminx31.1634.91
top 0.31%6 / 998
Pyraminx1.572.82
top 0.52%26 / 3,704
Skewb1.592.62
top 0.56%11 / 2,439
4×425.5630.23
top 0.87%29 / 2,112
5×549.1155.99
top 1.6%23 / 1,167
3×3 one-handed11.1414.56
top 2.0%40 / 1,861
Square-17.6210.30
top 2.5%31 / 789
6×61:43.221:48.45
top 5.0%34 / 560
Clock5.505.89
top 5.7%87 / 1,255
7×72:50.793:00.11
top 8.1%38 / 463
3×3 Fewest Moves32 moves37.00
top 20.4%97 / 372

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

Stevenage June 2023: 18.22Stevenage September 2023: 12.24Rubik's UK Championship 2023: 12.10Stevenage November 2023: 9.64Stevenage January 2024: 9.55Wiltshire February 2024: 11.68Stevenage February 2024: 11.92Stevenage Newcomers Saturday 2024: 9.35Stevenage May 2024: 8.25Stevenage Beginners September B 2024: 8.72Rubik's UK Championship 2024: 8.61Stevenage December 2024: 6.81Chichester January 2025: 7.17Stevenage January 2025: 8.12Hampshire Winter 2025: 6.96Stevenage March 2025: 6.33Bolton Spring 2025: 6.89Stevenage April 2025: 7.24Crewe Spring 2025: 7.10Stevenage June 2025: 6.76Bristol June 2025: 6.40Stevenage July 2025: 7.19Rubik's UK Championship 2025: 7.20Stevenage September 2025: 7.43Corby Autumn 2025: 6.39Manchester Favourites I 2025: 7.49Stevenage October 2025: 6.05Hampshire Autumn 2025: 6.55Stevenage 10th Anniversary 2025: 6.37Wiltshire Winter 2025: 5.39Weston-super-Mare Winter 2026: 6.27Stevenage January 2026: 6.13Crewe Winter 2026: 6.04Wiltshire Spring 2026: 5.41Stevenage March 2026: 6.12Crewe Spring 2026: 6.58Leeds Spring 2026: 5.45Brighton 3x3 Day 2026: 6.49Manchester Cubing League - First 2026: 6.41Nordic & Swedish Championship 2026: 5.82Stevenage May 2026: 5.65Manchester Cubing League - Second 2026: 5.96Bristol June 2026: 6.03Manchester Cubing League - Third 2026: 6.34Wiltshire Summer 2026: 5.90Stevenage July 2026: 6.69Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 6.25South Wales Summer 2026: 6.29York Summer 2026: 6.23Kewbz UK Championship 2026: 6.08Stevenage September 2026: 5.87Weston-super-Mare Autumn 2026: 5.86Poole Autumn 2026: 6.01Crewe October 2026: 6.35Grantham Autumn 2026: 6.165.3918.2224 Jun 202317 Oct 2026

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.

  • Blue James — met in 379 rounds, finished ahead 306 times
  • Monty Fox — met in 334 rounds, finished ahead 91 times
  • Daniel Partridge — met in 331 rounds, finished ahead 70 times

Next targets

  • A sub-5 3×3 single — 355 people have one; it is 0.39 away.
  • A sub-30 Megaminx single — 76 people have one; it is 1.16 away.

Targets move as he improves.