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Abhiraaj Arora

3×3 · top 5.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2022 · 2022AROR10

Abhiraaj Arora has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.13, set at Franconia Winter 2024, puts him in the top 5.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 552nd in India. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since September 2022, he has put 209 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 64% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.08 in September 2022 to 9.13, a 64% improvement. Abhiraaj has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 5.2% of 284,439 all-time
9.13
signature single · Franconia Winter 2024
209
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 64% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
3×39.1313.85
top 5.2%552 / 20,018
2×23.554.32
top 20.8%1,796 / 12,146
4×447.3857.29
top 21.3%613 / 4,186
Pyraminx7.3510.38
top 30.8%1,919 / 8,934
Skewb7.7911.15
top 39.7%1,110 / 3,524
3×3 one-handed29.2739.92
top 44.9%1,672 / 4,516
5×53:16.64
early days — 2 solves1,151 / 1,525

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

Varsha Ritu Cube Open 2022: 25.08Cubing Returns Munich A 2023: 13.81German Nationals 2023: 14.64Cube Madness Schweinfurt 2023: 13.58Franconia Winter 2024: 9.13Franconia Christmas B 2024: 11.02Franconia Cube Days 2026: 12.009.1325.0824 Sep 202230 May 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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.13 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.55 away.

Targets move as he improves.