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Aarav Dinesh Kumar

2×2 · top 7.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2023 · 2023KUMA52

Aarav Dinesh Kumar has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.38, set at Olympia Fall 2024, puts him in the top 7.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,062nd in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since October 2023, he has put 270 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 66% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 31.29 in October 2023 to 13.12, a 58% improvement. Aarav has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 7.8% of 186,767 all-time
2.38
signature single · Olympia Fall 2024
270
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 66% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×22.384.68
top 7.8%3,062 / 40,951
3×313.1215.07
top 17.8%9,559 / 59,724
Pyraminx8.0613.02
top 36.7%10,394 / 28,708
3×3 one-handed37.7942.47
top 62.0%8,751 / 15,683
Skewb18.4025.18
top 86.9%16,726 / 18,907

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

Lakewood Fall 2023: 31.29Lakewood Newcomers 2024: 17.97Olympia Classic 2024: 16.10Kent Spring 2024: 18.58CubingUSA Northwest Championship 2024: 18.05Tacoma Summer 2024: 17.42Kent Summer 2024: 14.98Olympia Fall 2024: 16.13Tacoma Winter 2025: 13.52Lakewood Newcomers 2025: 14.98Kent Spring 2025: 14.87Warm Up Seattle 2025: 13.36Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 13.12Lakewood Fall 2025: 13.91Kent Spring 2026: 16.67Seattle Summer 2026: 15.18Northwest Championship 2026: 14.1713.1231.2914 Oct 202321 Aug 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.

Next targets

  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.38 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.12 away.

Targets move as he improves.