People · India
Vishal Mohanraju
Pyraminx · top 0.57% of 129,321 all-time · competing since July 2017 · 2017MOHA05
Vishal Mohanraju has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 1.62, set at Cubing at Spencer Plaza 2026, puts him in the top 0.57% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 21st in India. Until April 2012, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 33 competitions since July 2017, he has put 1,273 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 54% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His Pyraminx best has come down from 10.63 in July 2017 to 1.62, an 85% improvement. Vishal has entered 33 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | India | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 1.62 | 3.24 | top 0.57% | 21 / 8,934 | |
| 3×3 | 9.85 | 11.74 | top 7.0% | 761 / 20,018 | |
| Skewb | 3.51 | 6.07 | top 7.8% | 192 / 3,524 | |
| 2×2 | 2.57 | 3.94 | top 9.6% | 776 / 12,146 | |
| Clock | 7.13 | 8.83 | top 11.4% | 91 / 1,092 | |
| Megaminx | 1:06.40 | 1:14.31 | top 13.6% | 120 / 1,443 | |
| 4×4 | 42.20 | 47.68 | top 14.7% | 396 / 4,186 | |
| Square-1 | 17.13 | 20.46 | top 21.3% | 138 / 805 | |
| 5×5 | 1:28.17 | 1:37.82 | top 25.8% | 300 / 1,525 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.67 | 27.36 | top 27.8% | 1,002 / 4,516 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 3:44.44 | — | top 64.4% | 327 / 598 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 45 moves | 48.33 | top 65.6% | 333 / 600 | |
| 6×6 | 4:25.45 | 5:02.89 | top 73.3% | 377 / 531 | |
| 7×7 | 9:32.26 | — | early days — 1 solve | 343 / 360 |
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, Pyraminx. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 24 Mar 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.85 at Cubing For LLS Summer 2019.
- 24 Mar 2019Three personal bests in one day at Cubing For LLS Summer 2019.
- 2 Mar 2019Four personal bests in one day at Carte Blanche Kube Open 2019.
- 1 Feb 2019Five personal bests in one day at CMI Tessellate Cube Open 2019.
- 27 Oct 2018Four personal bests in one day at CMI Autumn Open 2018.
- 13 Oct 2018Seven personal bests in one day at Gravitas Cube Open 2018.
Competitions
- Cubing at Spencer Plaza 2026 · 28 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- DC Hyderabad Open March B 2026 · 7 Mar 2026
- Kalanjiam Cubing Challenge 2025 · 28 Dec 2025
- VIT Cube Challenge B 2024 · 10 Nov 2024
- Tamil Nadu Cube Challenge 2024 · 2 Jun 2024
- Vasavi Cube Open 2024 · 7 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Nalsar Cube Open 2024 · 2 Mar 2024
- CMI Tessellate Cube Open 2020 · 31 Jan 2020
- C3 Cup Finale 2019 · 28 Dec 2019 — 1 personal best set
- SRM Cube Open 2019 · 19 Oct 2019
- HLC Cube Challenge 2019 · 28 Sep 2019
- SSN Cube Open 2019 · 27 Jul 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Forum Monsoon Open 2019 · 20 Jul 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- FMC 2019 · 15 Jun 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Sri Ramachandra Cube Open 2019 · 9 Jun 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing For LLS Summer 2019 · 24 Mar 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Carte Blanche Kube Open 2019 · 2 Mar 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- CMI Tessellate Cube Open 2019 · 1 Feb 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Shaastra Cube Open 2019 · 5 Jan 2019 — 1 personal best set
- FMC Asia 2018 · 8 Dec 2018
- Phoenix C3 Open 2018 · 1 Dec 2018
- CMI Autumn Open 2018 · 27 Oct 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Gravitas Cube Open 2018 · 13 Oct 2018 — 7 personal bests set
- IIITDM Cube Open 2018 · 18 Aug 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- SSN Cube Open 2018 · 28 Jul 2018 — 10 personal bests set
- Primus Cube Open - May 2018 · 5 May 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- SRM Cube Open 2018 · 23 Mar 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Takshashila Cube Open 2018 · 3 Mar 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- CMI Tessellate Cube Open 2018 · 3 Feb 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Shaastra Cube Open 2018 · 6 Jan 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Grand Cube Open 2017 · 26 Nov 2017 — 1 personal best set
- NIT Trichy Open 2017 · 7 Oct 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- SSN Cube Open 2017 · 28 Jul 2017
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.
- Pranav Prabhu — met in 153 rounds, finished ahead 53 times
- Nitin Nathan — met in 121 rounds, finished ahead 30 times · head to head
- Naren Ramesh — met in 111 rounds, finished ahead 37 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.62 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.85 away.
Targets move as he improves.