People · Nepal
Ajar Shrestha
3×3 · top 3.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2017 · 2017SHRE08
Ajar Shrestha has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.38, set at Welcome Back Nepal 2022, puts him in the top 3.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8th in Nepal. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since December 2017, he has put 280 official solves on the record across six 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 27.15 in December 2017 to 8.38, a 69% improvement. Ajar has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Nepal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.38 | 11.06 | top 3.5% | 8 / 562 | |
| 2×2 | 2.64 | 3.72 | top 10.3% | 25 / 262 | |
| Skewb | 4.39 | 6.86 | top 13.7% | 13 / 96 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.98 | 21.87 | top 17.7% | 20 / 132 | |
| Square-1 | 31.46 | 38.82 | top 52.1% | 15 / 26 | |
| 4×4 | 1:29.40 | 1:44.43 | top 63.2% | 73 / 120 |
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
- 17 Jun 2022First sub-10 3×3: 8.38 at Welcome Back Nepal 2022.
- 17 Jun 2022Four personal bests in one day at Welcome Back Nepal 2022.
- 24 May 2019Five personal bests in one day at Nepali Nationals 2019.
- 19 Jan 2019First sub-15 3×3: 14.08 at Cube Sankranti 2019.
- 19 Jan 2019Five personal bests in one day at Cube Sankranti 2019.
- 2 Jun 2018First sub-20 3×3: 16.22 at GhanaTantra 2018.
Competitions
- IEEE Cubing Nepal 2025 · 19 Jul 2025
- LOCUS Cubing Nepal 2025 · 17 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Welcome Back Nepal 2022 · 17 Jun 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Cube Jatra 2019 · 16 Nov 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Nepali Nationals 2019 · 24 May 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Cube Sankranti 2019 · 19 Jan 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Cube Mahotsav 2018 · 25 Aug 2018 — 1 personal best set
- GhanaTantra 2018 · 2 Jun 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Nepal Open 2017 · 24 Dec 2017
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.
- Salon Ngakhushi — met in 58 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Raman Shakya — met in 50 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
- Ankit Sanjel — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.38 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.64 away.
Targets move as he improves.