People · United Kingdom
Aarin Manik
3×3 · top 0.29% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2017 · 2017MANI03
Aarin Manik has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 5.61, set at Leersum Squared 2025, puts him in the top 0.29% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 32nd in the United Kingdom. Until March 2013, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 25 competitions since September 2017, he has put 765 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 83% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.92 in September 2017 to 5.61, a 76% improvement. Aarin has entered 25 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 5.61 | 9.12 | top 0.29% | 32 / 6,689 | |
| 2×2 | 1.27 | 3.45 | top 1.3% | 104 / 4,895 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 11.56 | 14.11 | top 2.5% | 51 / 1,851 | |
| 4×4 | 34.91 | 38.67 | top 6.6% | 164 / 2,071 | |
| 5×5 | 1:05.73 | 1:19.09 | top 8.9% | 117 / 1,151 | |
| 6×6 | 2:54.91 | 3:06.99 | top 38.5% | 232 / 548 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 42 moves | — | early days — 2 solves | 226 / 372 | |
| 7×7 | 5:26.19 | 5:49.77 | top 58.6% | 285 / 459 |
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
- 2 Jul 2022Four personal bests in one day at Swisscubing Cup III 2022.
- 1 Feb 2020Four personal bests in one day at Oculus Cube Open 2020.
- 19 Jan 2019Three personal bests in one day at Oculus Cube Open 2019.
- 25 May 2018First sub-10 3×3: 9.76 at Indian Nationals 2018.
- 26 Dec 2017First sub-15 3×3: 13.64 at Rubik's Cube Mumbai Open 2017.
- 28 Oct 2017First sub-20 3×3: 18.49 at Avenues Rubik's Cube Open 2017.
Competitions
- Leersum Squared 2025 · 8 Feb 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Mumbai Winter Open 2022 · 28 Dec 2022
- Swisscubing Cup III 2022 · 2 Jul 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Cubing Returns Pune 2022 · 12 Jun 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Saraswati Open 2020 · 23 Feb 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- Oculus Cube Open 2020 · 1 Feb 2020 — 4 personal bests set
- DY Patil Cube Open 2020 · 12 Jan 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- VJTI Mumbai Cube Open 2019 · 27 Dec 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Dream City Cube Open 2019 · 3 Nov 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Phoenix Marketcity Cube Challenge 2019 · 10 Aug 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Swisscubing Cup III 2019 · 29 Jun 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Swiss Nationals 2019 · 8 Jun 2019 — 1 personal best set
- VES Cube Open 2019 · 28 Apr 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- IISER Pune Cube Open 2019 · 17 Mar 2019 — 1 personal best set
- RGIT Cube Open 2019 · 9 Mar 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Saraswati Open 2019 · 10 Feb 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Oculus Cube Open 2019 · 19 Jan 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- KJSCE Mumbai Open 2018 · 29 Sep 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Indian Nationals 2018 · 25 May 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Versatile Cube Open 2018 · 29 Apr 2018
- RGIT Cube Open 2018 · 10 Mar 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Udaan Rubik's Cube Open 2018 · 27 Jan 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's Cube Mumbai Open 2017 · 26 Dec 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Avenues Rubik's Cube Open 2017 · 28 Oct 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- SCMU 2017 · 1 Sep 2017
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.
- Nikhil Soares — met in 118 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Mohammed Aiman Koli — met in 114 rounds, finished ahead 23 times
- Shubham Maharana — met in 110 rounds, finished ahead 49 times
Next targets
- A sub-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.61 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.27 away.
Targets move as he improves.