People · India
Ankush Agarwal
3×3 · top 9.7% of 288,433 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 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,111th 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 36,406 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.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | India | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.73 | 12.21 | top 9.7% | 1,111 / 20,146 | |
| 2×2 | 3.11 | 5.28 | top 15.6% | 1,299 / 12,225 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 27.68 | 31.66 | top 41.2% | 1,518 / 4,534 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 40 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 230 / 612 | |
| Pyraminx | 13.82 | 16.10 | top 77.0% | 5,741 / 8,971 | |
| 4×4 | 2:20.07 | — | early days — 3 solves | 3,408 / 4,220 |
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
- 23 Mar 2018Four personal bests in one day at SRM Cube Open 2018.
- 22 Sep 2017First sub-15 3×3: 14.36 at VIT Rubik's Cube Challenge 2017.
- 22 Sep 2017Three personal bests in one day at VIT Rubik's Cube Challenge 2017.
- 31 Dec 2016First competition: Shaastra Cube Open 2017. A 17.46 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- CubeX Summer Open Bangalore 2025 · 24 May 2025
- Indian Nationals FMC 2023 · 10 Dec 2023
- Mangalore Cube Open 2023 · 19 Aug 2023
- C3 Cup Finale 2019 · 28 Dec 2019
- IIITDM Cube Open 2018 · 18 Aug 2018 — 1 personal best set
- SRM Cube Open 2018 · 23 Mar 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- CMI Tessellate Cube Open 2018 · 3 Feb 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Shaastra Cube Open 2018 · 6 Jan 2018 — 1 personal best set
- VIT Rubik's Cube Challenge 2017 · 22 Sep 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- SSN Cube Open 2017 · 28 Jul 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Shaastra Cube Open 2017 · 31 Dec 2016
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.
- Pranav Prabhu — met in 33 rounds, never finished ahead
- Vaishnav Nitesh — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Pritesh Lunkad — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.73 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.11 away.
Targets move as he improves.