People · India
Aaryan Shah
3×3 · top 2.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2017 · 2017SHAH25
Aaryan Shah has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.80, set at AML IIT Gandhinagar Open 2025, puts him in the top 2.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 234th in India. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since October 2017, he has put 211 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 19% around a typical one; 98% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.64 in October 2017 to 7.80, a 43% improvement. Aaryan has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | India | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.80 | 9.83 | top 2.4% | 234 / 20,018 | |
| 2×2 | 2.00 | 3.48 | top 4.7% | 348 / 12,146 | |
| 4×4 | 41.42 | 46.80 | top 13.8% | 377 / 4,186 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.59 | 9.19 | top 24.6% | 1,503 / 8,934 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 25.83 | 35.34 | top 36.4% | 1,321 / 4,516 | |
| Skewb | 7.54 | 9.82 | top 37.8% | 1,063 / 3,524 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:55.74 | — | early days — 1 solve | 250 / 598 |
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
- 8 Nov 2025Three personal bests in one day at AML IIT Gandhinagar Open 2025.
- 18 Jun 2023Four personal bests in one day at Anand Cube Open 2023.
- 30 Jun 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.53 at Cube Fiesta Surat 2019.
- 30 Jun 2019Three personal bests in one day at Cube Fiesta Surat 2019.
- 28 Oct 2017First competition: i.Cube Open 2017. A 14.41 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Ahmedabad Side Events 2026 · 29 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- AML IIT Gandhinagar Open 2025 · 8 Nov 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- DAU Gandhinagar Cube Open 2025 · 12 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Anand Cube Open 2023 · 18 Jun 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Cube Fiesta Surat 2019 · 30 Jun 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Indian Nationals 2018 · 25 May 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- i.Cube Open 2017 · 28 Oct 2017 — 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.
- Anas Jethva — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
- Divyaansh Khatri (दिव्यांश खत्री) — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead once
- Dadhania Het — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.80 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 1.00 away.
Targets move as he improves.