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Aarav Niraniya

3×3 · top 16.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2023 · 2023NIRA01

Aarav Niraniya has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.83, set at Tramsheds IX: June Sunday 2026, puts him in the top 16.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,082nd in India. Across 4 competitions since January 2023, he has put 70 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.00 in January 2023 to 12.83, a 39% improvement. Aarav has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 16.8% of 284,439 all-time
12.83
signature single · Tramsheds IX: June Sunday 2026
70
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
3×312.8316.93
top 16.8%2,082 / 20,018
2×24.435.70
top 32.0%2,835 / 12,146
3×3 one-handed43.62
early days — 2 solves2,841 / 4,516
Pyraminx12.7422.12
top 71.5%5,180 / 8,934

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

LNMIIT Jaipur Cube Open 2023: 21.00Simple Sydney Saturday 2023: 18.71Sydney Summer 2023: 17.14Tramsheds IX: June Sunday 2026: 12.8312.8321.0028 Jan 20237 Jun 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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.83 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.43 away.

Targets move as he improves.