People · New Zealand
Aarav Mehra
3×3 · top 16.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2025 · 2025MEHR01
Aarav Mehra has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.72, set at Cubing East Auckland Newcomer Open 2026, puts him in the top 16.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 343rd in New Zealand. Across 6 competitions since June 2025, he has put 80 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 21% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 5 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.09 in June 2025 to 12.72, a 30% improvement. Aarav has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | New Zealand | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 12.72 | 17.65 | top 16.5% | 343 / 2,095 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.27 | 15.38 | top 38.5% | 513 / 1,141 | |
| 2×2 | 5.03 | 7.21 | top 39.7% | 684 / 1,615 | |
| Skewb | 13.71 | 17.76 | top 73.7% | 517 / 666 | |
| 4×4 | 2:06.88 | — | early days — 2 solves | 609 / 722 |
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 Oct 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.90 at New Zealand Cubing Decathlon 2025.
- 14 Jun 2025First competition: Milford Winter Warm Up 2025. A 25.78 3×3 single to start from.
- 14 Jun 2025First sub-20 3×3: 18.09 at Milford Winter Warm Up 2025.
Competitions
- Cubing East Auckland Newcomer Open 2026 · 18 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- New Zealand Nationals 2025 · 12 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- New Zealand Cubing Decathlon 2025 · 25 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- 2x2 in Tāmaki Makaurau 2025 · 16 Aug 2025
- Coping in Auckland 2025 · 5 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Milford Winter Warm Up 2025 · 14 Jun 2025 — 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.
- Kaden Ho — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Brandon Harris — met in 18 rounds, never finished ahead
- Thomas Swarbrick — met in 18 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.72 away.
- A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 46,752 people have one; it is 0.27 away.
Targets move as he improves.