People · United States
Samarth Prabhu
2×2 · top 3.9% of 189,179 all-time · competing since March 2024 · 2024PRAB02
Samarth Prabhu has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.85, set at Fall River Cubikon 2025, puts him in the top 3.9% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,553rd in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since March 2024, he has put 226 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 59% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.18 in March 2024 to 8.79, a 49% improvement. Samarth has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.85 | 4.33 | top 3.9% | 1,553 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 | 8.79 | 11.57 | top 4.4% | 2,492 / 60,666 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.05 | 12.96 | top 13.5% | 3,588 / 29,168 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.19 | 25.00 | top 21.0% | 2,723 / 15,900 | |
| 4×4 | 53.98 | 59.72 | top 29.6% | 4,686 / 19,354 | |
| Skewb | 7.84 | 11.47 | top 40.1% | 7,011 / 19,164 | |
| Clock | 25.77 | 27.73 | top 78.1% | 7,048 / 9,172 |
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
- 16 Oct 2026Three personal bests in one day at CubingUSA New England Championship 2026.
- 16 Aug 2026Three personal bests in one day at Woonsocket Cubikon 2026.
- 25 Apr 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.65 at Fitchburg Spring 2026.
- 25 Apr 2026Three personal bests in one day at Fitchburg Spring 2026.
- 24 Nov 2024First sub-15 3×3: 13.24 at Loon Cubikon 2024.
- 9 Mar 2024First competition: Northampton Newcomers A 2024. A 19.54 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- CubingUSA New England Championship 2026 · 16 Oct 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Woonsocket Cubikon 2026 · 16 Aug 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Fitchburg Spring 2026 · 25 Apr 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Fall River Cubikon 2025 · 2 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Wakefield Winter 2024 · 8 Dec 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Loon Cubikon 2024 · 24 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA New England Championship 2024 · 23 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Northampton Newcomers A 2024 · 9 Mar 2024 — 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.
- Justin Lee — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead once
- Timothy Reid — met in 38 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Ethan Mai — met in 38 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.85 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.79 away.
Targets move as he improves.