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Aniketh Arya

3×3 · top 4.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2015 · 2015ARYA03

Aniketh Arya has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.76, set at IIA Summer Open - May 2017, puts him in the top 4.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 422nd in India. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 23 competitions since October 2015, he has put 1,339 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 72% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 34.78 in October 2015 to 8.76, a 75% improvement. Aniketh has entered 23 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 4.3% of 284,439 all-time
8.76
signature single · IIA Summer Open - May 2017
1,339
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 72% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
3×38.7611.63
top 4.3%422 / 20,018
Pyraminx3.575.47
top 5.8%330 / 8,934
4×434.9638.93
top 6.7%176 / 4,186
2×22.264.18
top 6.7%520 / 12,146
Megaminx55.721:05.16
top 7.8%63 / 1,443
5×51:05.341:20.31
top 8.6%99 / 1,525
3×3 one-handed15.4217.48
top 9.0%292 / 4,516
Skewb3.945.47
top 10.5%270 / 3,524
3×3 blindfolded54.641:08.20
top 11.4%41 / 598
3×3 Fewest Moves30 moves33.33
top 14.8%41 / 600
6×62:11.172:26.14
top 15.8%70 / 531
7×73:43.053:50.81
top 24.6%76 / 360
3×3 Multi-Blind8 of 8 cubes · 55:47—
top 24.7%28 / 168
Square-120.7326.92
top 29.6%193 / 805
Clock13.5115.20
top 41.8%352 / 1,092
4×4 blindfolded10:43.0013:09.00
top 61.1%35 / 69
5×5 blindfolded38:07.00—
early days — 1 solve27 / 31

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

APJ BLD Open 2015: 34.78Brain Studio Winter Open 2015: 19.33IIA Summer Open 2016: 18.03P3 Grand Open 2016: 13.92Anaadyanta Cube Open 2017: 12.57IIA Summer Open April 2017: 12.98IIA Summer Open - May 2017: 8.76ICC Juniors August 2017: 12.16Indian Cube Challenge 2017: 11.15Primus Cube Open - May 2018: 11.25Bengaluru Championship 2018: 10.87Bangalore Open 2018: 10.42Bengaluru Winter Open 2018: 9.58Anaadyanta Cube Open 2019: 10.73Bengaluru Cool Down 2019: 10.51Bengaluru Summer Open 2019: 11.36Forum Monsoon Open 2019: 11.488.7634.7831 Oct 201520 Jul 2019

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 0.76 away.
  • A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.57 away.

Targets move as he improves.