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Shiv Karthik Prabakaran

3×3 · top 14.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2022 · 2022PRAB02

Shiv Karthik Prabakaran has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.28, set at Bay Area Speedcubin' 48 - 6.25 Berkeley 2023, puts him in the top 14.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,810th in India. Across 8 competitions since July 2022, he has put 139 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 55% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.53 in July 2022 to 12.28, a 37% improvement. Shiv has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 14.9% of 284,439 all-time
12.28
signature single · Bay Area Speedcubin' 48 - 6.25 Berkeley 2023
139
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 55% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
3×312.2815.34
top 14.9%1,810 / 20,018
2×23.065.21
top 14.9%1,232 / 12,146
4×41:02.271:09.44
top 38.9%1,243 / 4,186
3×3 one-handed28.6535.79
top 43.5%1,617 / 4,516
5×52:11.03
top 56.0%733 / 1,525
Pyraminx13.0714.20
top 73.3%5,346 / 8,934

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

Bay Area Speedcubin' 34 - San Ramon 2022: 19.53Berkeley Fall 2022: 18.07Bay Area Speedcubin' 46 Live - SSF 2023: 14.03Bay Area Speedcubin' 47 - Berkeley Pride 2023: 14.13Bay Area Speedcubin' 48 - 6.25 Berkeley 2023: 12.28Bay Area Speedcubin' 66 - Belmont 2024: 14.4412.2819.533 Jul 20229 Nov 2024

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.28 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.06 away.

Targets move as he improves.