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Aarush Paladhi

2×2 · top 3.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since June 2025 · 2025PALA11

Aarush Paladhi has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.82, set at Mid-Atlantic Speedcubing Championship 2026, puts him in the top 3.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,444th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since June 2025, he has put 441 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 77% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.36 in June 2025 to 10.04, a 39% improvement. Aarush has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 3.7% of 186,767 all-time
1.82
signature single · Mid-Atlantic Speedcubing Championship 2026
441
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 77% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×21.824.26
top 3.7%1,444 / 40,951
Pyraminx3.025.56
top 3.7%981 / 28,708
Skewb2.896.33
top 4.5%695 / 18,907
3×310.0411.56
top 7.6%4,162 / 59,724
Square-112.8416.17
top 11.6%803 / 6,743
3×3 one-handed17.2023.83
top 13.1%1,690 / 15,683
5×51:22.601:37.58
top 21.2%1,645 / 9,401
4×448.9453.39
top 23.4%3,560 / 19,072
Clock11.1113.05
top 30.6%2,395 / 8,927
Megaminx1:34.041:42.91
top 30.7%2,161 / 7,841
6×63:04.683:13.80
top 43.3%1,610 / 4,196
7×75:28.72—
early days — 1 solve1,774 / 3,184
3×3 Fewest Moves49 moves54.00
top 76.8%1,575 / 2,040

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

Colonial Cube Clash VA Summer 2025: 16.36Doing Time in Moundsville 2025: 14.21More Cubing with the Cougars WV 2025: 13.64Virginia Championship 2025: 13.73Fredericksburg Summer AM 2025: 14.33UMBC Fall 2025: 11.97River Hill Fall 2025: 11.63Fredericksburg Winter PM 2026: 12.26UMBC Winter 2026: 10.70Welcome to Washington D.C. 2026: 11.08Derwood Cubing Derby Spring 2026: 10.78Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026: 11.48Mid-Atlantic Speedcubing Championship 2026: 10.0410.0416.3621 Jun 202514 Aug 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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.82 away.
  • A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.02 away.

Targets move as he improves.