People · United States
Aarush Raj
2×2 · top 5.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since June 2018 · 2018RAJA11
Aarush Raj has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.06, set at Saint John's Spring 2022, puts him in the top 5.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,056th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since June 2018, he has put 352 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 64% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.81 in June 2018 to 10.52, a 49% improvement. Aarush has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.06 | 4.21 | top 5.2% | 2,056 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.78 | 7.86 | top 6.6% | 1,695 / 28,708 | |
| Skewb | 3.45 | 8.05 | top 7.4% | 1,148 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 | 10.52 | 11.29 | top 9.0% | 4,931 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 45.55 | 49.80 | top 19.0% | 2,872 / 19,072 | |
| Square-1 | 16.56 | 20.65 | top 20.0% | 1,346 / 6,743 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.90 | 25.70 | top 28.5% | 3,677 / 15,683 | |
| Clock | 11.54 | 16.00 | top 32.8% | 2,576 / 8,927 | |
| 5×5 | 1:39.51 | 1:47.70 | top 35.0% | 2,777 / 9,401 |
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
- 16 Feb 2025Four personal bests in one day at Cambridge Cube Clash 2025.
- 18 Jan 2025Three personal bests in one day at Cubing at Hampton Beach 2025.
- 9 Apr 2022Three personal bests in one day at Saint John's Spring 2022.
- 12 Mar 2022Five personal bests in one day at Deerfield Winter 2022.
- 12 Jan 2020Three personal bests in one day at MIT Winter 2020.
- 26 Jul 2019Three personal bests in one day at Massachusetts Championship 2019.
Competitions
- Cambridge Cube Clash 2025 · 16 Feb 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Cubing at Hampton Beach 2025 · 18 Jan 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubing in Cambridge 2022 · 17 Dec 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Cubers Flood Watertown 2022 · 8 Oct 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Saint John's Spring 2022 · 9 Apr 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Deerfield Winter 2022 · 12 Mar 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Empire State Summer A 2021 · 31 Jul 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- MIT Winter 2020 · 12 Jan 2020 — 3 personal bests set
- Massachusetts Championship 2019 · 26 Jul 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- The Battle of Lexington 2019 · 27 Apr 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Salem Cube Trials 2019 · 2 Feb 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- The Battle of Lexington 2018 · 1 Dec 2018
- MIT Fall 2018 · 6 Oct 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Quizzical Quabbin Qualifier 2018 · 16 Jun 2018
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.
- Derek White — met in 71 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Will Russo — met in 61 rounds, finished ahead once
- Alex Cohen — met in 56 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.06 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.78 away.
Targets move as he improves.