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Aarav Kathirvel

3×3 · top 42.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2023 · 2023KATH01

Aarav Kathirvel has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 21.04, set at Speedcubing at Seaworks 2023, puts him in the top 42.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,282nd in Australia. Across 3 competitions since January 2023, he has put 30 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 36.33 in January 2023 to 21.04, a 42% improvement. Aarav has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 42.8% of 284,439 all-time
21.04
signature single · Speedcubing at Seaworks 2023
30
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
3×321.0426.78
top 42.8%4,282 / 11,709
2×28.129.43
top 68.6%5,607 / 8,567
Pyraminx12.8217.56
top 72.0%4,358 / 5,993

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

Melbourne Summer 2023: 36.33Speedcubing at Seaworks 2023: 21.04Victorian Open 2023: 24.2021.0436.3320 Jan 20231 Jul 2023

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.

  • Luke Smith — met in 6 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
  • Oliver Drew — met in 6 rounds, finished ahead twice
  • Eric Ng — met in 6 rounds, finished ahead twice

Next targets

  • A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 1.04 away.
  • A sub-8 2×2 single — 126,624 people have one; it is 0.12 away.

Targets move as he improves.