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Ankush Agarwal

3×3 · top 9.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2016 · 2016AGAR08

Ankush Agarwal has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.73, set at CMI Tessellate Cube Open 2018, puts him in the top 9.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,096th in India. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since December 2016, he has put 183 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 89% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.46 in December 2016 to 10.73, a 39% improvement. Ankush has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 9.7% of 284,439 all-time
10.73
signature single · CMI Tessellate Cube Open 2018
183
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 89% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
3×310.7312.21
top 9.7%1,096 / 20,018
2×23.115.28
top 15.5%1,286 / 12,146
3×3 one-handed27.6831.66
top 41.1%1,510 / 4,516
3×3 Fewest Moves40 moves
early days — 1 solve225 / 600
Pyraminx13.8216.10
top 77.0%5,713 / 8,934
4×42:20.07
early days — 3 solves3,376 / 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

Shaastra Cube Open 2017: 17.46SSN Cube Open 2017: 17.71VIT Rubik's Cube Challenge 2017: 14.36Shaastra Cube Open 2018: 13.97CMI Tessellate Cube Open 2018: 10.73SRM Cube Open 2018: 11.82IIITDM Cube Open 2018: 10.83C3 Cup Finale 2019: 11.81Mangalore Cube Open 2023: 12.09CubeX Summer Open Bangalore 2025: 11.9110.7317.7131 Dec 201624 May 2025

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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.73 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.11 away.

Targets move as he improves.