People · India
Aarav Lad
3×3 · top 1.8% of 288,433 all-time · competing since April 2022 · 2022LADA01
Aarav Lad has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.36, set at Bangalore Cube Open 2024, puts him in the top 1.8% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 163rd in India. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since April 2022, he has put 563 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 93% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 9.41 in April 2022 to 7.36, a 22% improvement. Aarav has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | India | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.36 | 10.33 | top 1.8% | 163 / 20,146 | |
| 2×2 | 1.48 | 3.06 | top 2.1% | 157 / 12,225 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.91 | 5.92 | top 3.3% | 189 / 8,971 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 13.40 | 23.32 | top 5.1% | 158 / 4,534 | |
| 4×4 | 39.39 | 48.03 | top 11.5% | 316 / 4,220 | |
| 5×5 | 1:34.91 | 1:50.63 | top 31.5% | 389 / 1,537 | |
| Skewb | 7.25 | 9.31 | top 35.7% | 1,021 / 3,548 | |
| Square-1 | 29.18 | 33.50 | top 48.0% | 340 / 813 | |
| Megaminx | 2:08.19 | 2:39.73 | top 50.4% | 594 / 1,458 | |
| Clock | 19.68 | 25.91 | top 63.8% | 582 / 1,109 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 47 moves | — | early days — 2 solves | 381 / 612 | |
| 6×6 | 4:28.44 | — | early days — 2 solves | 384 / 537 |
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, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 25 Jan 2025Three personal bests in one day at Republic Cube Open BLR 2025.
- 21 Dec 2024Four personal bests in one day at Bangalore Cube Open 2024.
- 3 Aug 2024Four personal bests in one day at MySkool Cube Open BLR Aug 2024.
- 6 Jul 2024Five personal bests in one day at Side Events Bangalore July 2024.
- 3 Dec 2022Five personal bests in one day at KSRCT Cube Open 2022.
- 25 Jun 2022Three personal bests in one day at Nexus Monsoon Open 2022.
Competitions
- Republic Cube Open BLR 2025 · 25 Jan 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Bangalore Cube Open 2024 · 21 Dec 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- MySkool Cube Open BLR Aug 2024 · 3 Aug 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Side Events Bangalore July 2024 · 6 Jul 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Bengaluru Summer 2024 · 11 May 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Mumbai Winter Open 2022 · 28 Dec 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- KSRCT Cube Open 2022 · 3 Dec 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Tamil Nadu Cube Open Tournament 2022 · 4 Sep 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing Comes To Pondy 2022 · 21 Aug 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Nexus Monsoon Open 2022 · 25 Jun 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- DSL Cube Open 2022 · 18 Jun 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing Returns Bengaluru 2022 · 16 Apr 2022 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Vivek Prasad Mada — met in 79 rounds, finished ahead 32 times
- Krishanth Thangarathan — met in 61 rounds, finished ahead 33 times
- Aadhiran Thangarathan — met in 53 rounds, finished ahead 31 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.36 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.48 away.
Targets move as he improves.