People · United States
Aarav Shankar
3×3 · top 2.3% of 288,433 all-time · competing since April 2022 · 2022SHAN03
Aarav Shankar has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.69, set at Bay Area Speedcubin' 69 2026, puts him in the top 2.3% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,376th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 18 competitions since April 2022, he has put 379 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 57% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.33 in April 2022 to 7.69, a 42% improvement. Aarav has entered 18 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.69 | 8.96 | top 2.3% | 1,376 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 2.02 | 4.06 | top 4.9% | 2,005 / 41,674 | |
| Skewb | 4.00 | 8.66 | top 11.0% | 1,709 / 19,164 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.73 | 11.02 | top 34.0% | 9,739 / 29,168 | |
| 4×4 | 1:06.18 | 1:19.13 | top 43.1% | 7,189 / 19,354 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 28.53 | 34.50 | top 43.3% | 5,926 / 15,900 | |
| Clock | 20.36 | 22.08 | top 65.8% | 5,780 / 9,172 |
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
- 1 Oct 2023Three personal bests in one day at Bay Area Speedcubin' 52 - Belmont 2023.
- 10 Sep 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.75 at Berkeley Fall 2022.
- 10 Sep 2022Three personal bests in one day at Berkeley Fall 2022.
- 20 Aug 2022Three personal bests in one day at SacCubing XII 2022.
- 24 Apr 2022First competition: Bay Area Speedcubin' 31B - Mill Valley 2022. A 17.42 3×3 single to start from.
- 24 Apr 2022First sub-15 3×3: 13.33 at Bay Area Speedcubin' 31B - Mill Valley 2022.
Competitions
- Benicia Open II 2026 · 12 Sep 2026
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 69 2026 · 29 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 64 LIVE - SSF 2024 · 8 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley Winter 2024 · 4 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Bangalore Championship 2023 · 23 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley Fall 2023 · 18 Nov 2023
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 52 - Belmont 2023 · 1 Oct 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Berkeley Summer 2023 · 26 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Western Championship 2023 · 30 Jun 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Berkeley Spring 2023 · 12 Mar 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 40 - San Ramon 2022 · 4 Dec 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 39 2022 · 5 Nov 2022
- Berkeley Fall 2022 · 10 Sep 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- SacCubing XII 2022 · 20 Aug 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 34 - San Ramon 2022 · 3 Jul 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Berkeley Summer 2022 · 11 Jun 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 32 LIVE - SSF 2022 · 22 May 2022
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 31B - Mill Valley 2022 · 24 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.
- An Le — met in 63 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Stanley Tran — met in 63 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Varun Mohanraj — met in 58 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.69 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.02 away.
Targets move as he improves.