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Aarush Naik
Pyraminx · top 4.8% of 130,891 all-time · competing since May 2022 · 2022NAIK01
Aarush Naik has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.33, set at Falkirk Autumn 2026, puts him in the top 4.8% of the 130,891 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 188th in the United Kingdom. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since May 2022, he has put 196 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 68% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.00 in May 2022 to 11.81, a 55% improvement. Aarush 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 | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.33 | 4.29 | top 4.8% | 188 / 3,704 | |
| 3×3 | 11.81 | 16.48 | top 13.3% | 951 / 6,785 | |
| 2×2 | 3.37 | 4.56 | top 18.7% | 1,083 / 4,946 | |
| Skewb | 5.86 | 7.11 | top 24.7% | 574 / 2,439 | |
| Clock | 10.14 | 12.10 | top 25.6% | 349 / 1,255 | |
| 4×4 | 1:03.66 | 1:11.53 | top 40.4% | 890 / 2,112 | |
| Megaminx | 1:54.44 | 2:12.77 | top 43.0% | 499 / 998 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 28.61 | 36.74 | top 43.5% | 764 / 1,861 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:45.44 | — | early days — 1 solve | 188 / 315 | |
| Square-1 | 32.79 | 43.20 | top 54.7% | 478 / 789 | |
| 5×5 | 2:33.04 | 2:50.78 | top 67.3% | 845 / 1,167 |
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
- 17 Oct 2026Three personal bests in one day at Falkirk Autumn 2026.
- 11 Jan 2025First sub-20 3×3: 18.23 at Edinburgh Winter 2025.
- 11 Jan 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.39 at Edinburgh Winter 2025.
- 11 Jan 2025Five personal bests in one day at Edinburgh Winter 2025.
- 28 May 2022First competition: Glasgow Open 2022. A 26.00 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Falkirk Autumn 2026 · 17 Oct 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Glasgow Favourites Evening VI 2026 · 17 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Falkirk Open 2026 · 21 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Glasgow Favourites Evening III 2025 · 18 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Edinburgh Winter 2025 · 11 Jan 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Glasgow Open 2022 · 28 May 2022
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.
- Shiraz Malik — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Ryan Eckersley — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Adam Black — met in 34 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,783 people have one; it is 0.33 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 1.81 away.
Targets move as he improves.