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Aarav Koul

3×3 · top 7.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2022 · 2022KOUL02

Aarav Koul has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.99, set at Bangalore Cube Fest C 2024, puts him in the top 7.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 823rd in India. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since November 2022, he has put 182 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 51% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.67 in November 2022 to 9.99, a 27% improvement. Aarav has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 7.4% of 284,439 all-time
9.99
signature single · Bangalore Cube Fest C 2024
182
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 51% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
3×39.9911.76
top 7.4%823 / 20,018
2×23.185.93
top 16.4%1,367 / 12,146
3×3 one-handed21.4329.53
top 24.4%878 / 4,516
Pyraminx6.7619.26
top 25.9%1,577 / 8,934
4×41:03.481:13.54
top 40.1%1,296 / 4,186
3×3 Fewest Moves41 moves42.33
early days — 3 solves252 / 600

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

Nexus Winter Open 2022: 13.67Cubing Saturday in SSN 2022: 14.17Nexus Summer Open Bangalore Saturday 2023: 12.74Bangalore Cube Open July 2023: 11.20Bangalore Championship 2023: 10.19Mysore Cube Open 2024: 10.56Bangalore Newcomers 2024: 10.08Bengaluru Summer 2024: 11.17Bangalore Cube Fest C 2024: 9.999.9914.1726 Nov 202230 Jun 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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.99 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.18 away.

Targets move as he improves.