People · India
Aaryav Khare
2×2 · top 4.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2024 · 2024KHAR04
Aaryav Khare has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.02, set at Pune Spring Open 2026, puts him in the top 4.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 366th in India. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since October 2024, he has put 263 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 92% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 2×2 best has come down from 7.25 in October 2024 to 2.02, a 72% improvement. Aaryav has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | India | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.02 | 5.30 | top 4.9% | 366 / 12,146 | |
| Skewb | 5.94 | 11.15 | top 25.3% | 706 / 3,524 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.74 | 8.37 | top 25.7% | 1,569 / 8,934 | |
| 3×3 | 16.24 | 20.42 | top 28.6% | 3,830 / 20,018 | |
| Clock | 11.89 | 14.56 | top 34.4% | 288 / 1,092 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 37.07 | 46.02 | top 60.9% | 2,433 / 4,516 | |
| 4×4 | 1:28.57 | — | top 62.6% | 2,181 / 4,186 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 21 Feb 2026Five personal bests in one day at Pune Spring Open 2026.
- 2 Aug 2025Four personal bests in one day at Pune Unscrambled 2025.
- 21 Jun 2025Three personal bests in one day at Pune Cube Carnival 2025.
- 25 May 2025First sub-20 3×3: 19.25 at Pune Summer Open 2025.
- 25 May 2025Four personal bests in one day at Pune Summer Open 2025.
- 8 Mar 2025Four personal bests in one day at Cubing Returns to PCMC 2025.
Competitions
- 24K Glitterati Cube Open 2026 · 21 Jun 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Ileseum Cube Open 2026 · 24 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- IISER Pune PARAM Open 2026 · 29 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Pune Spring Open 2026 · 21 Feb 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- IISER Pune October Heat 2025 · 5 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Pune Unscrambled 2025 · 2 Aug 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Pune Cube Carnival 2025 · 21 Jun 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Pune Summer Open 2025 · 25 May 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Cubing Returns to PCMC 2025 · 8 Mar 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- IISER Pune Autumn Open 2024 · 9 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Kalyani Cube Open 2024 · 19 Oct 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Pune Cube Carnival 2024 · 5 Oct 2024
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.
- Jay Nikhil Gadgil — met in 60 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Dhruva Nikhil Jagtap — met in 60 rounds, never finished ahead
- Arghadeep Mukherjee — met in 59 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.02 away.
- A sub-5 Skewb single — 13,285 people have one; it is 0.94 away.
Targets move as he improves.