People · India
Apoorva Arora
2×2 · top 5.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since December 2016 · 2016AROR07
Apoorva Arora has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.16, set at Mahavira Delhi Cube Open Saturday 2024, puts him in the top 5.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 455th in India. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since December 2016, he has put 268 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 66% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 2×2 best has come down from 6.29 in December 2016 to 2.16, a 66% improvement. Apoorva has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | India | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.16 | 3.40 | top 5.9% | 455 / 12,146 | |
| 3×3 | 11.62 | 16.38 | top 12.6% | 1,476 / 20,018 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.03 | 6.96 | top 13.4% | 779 / 8,934 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:26.29 | 2:02.43 | top 21.7% | 90 / 598 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 27.86 | 31.62 | top 41.6% | 1,533 / 4,516 | |
| Skewb | 8.22 | 14.09 | top 43.0% | 1,203 / 3,524 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 4 of 6 cubes · 45:28 | — | early days — 2 solves | 127 / 168 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 20 Jul 2024First sub-15 3×3: 11.62 at Mahavira Delhi Cube Open Saturday 2024.
- 20 Jul 2024Five personal bests in one day at Mahavira Delhi Cube Open Saturday 2024.
- 25 Jun 2022First sub-20 3×3: 17.44 at Phoenix Cube Challenge 2022.
- 23 Jun 2017Three personal bests in one day at National Cubing Region Open 2017.
- 25 Feb 2017First sub-30 3×3: 22.93 at Delhi Open 2017.
- 25 Feb 2017Three personal bests in one day at Delhi Open 2017.
Competitions
- Noida Cube Open 2025 · 24 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- D21 Delhi Cube Open C 2025 · 23 Feb 2025
- Mahavira Delhi Cube Open Saturday 2024 · 20 Jul 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Gurugram Cube Open 2023 · 7 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Studio 21 Open Sunday 2023 · 23 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Phoenix Cube Challenge 2022 · 25 Jun 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Delhi Cubing Heat Wave 2018 · 24 Jun 2018
- SNU Open 2018 · 7 Apr 2018 — 1 personal best set
- National Cubing Region Open 2017 · 23 Jun 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- SNU Open 2017 · 8 Apr 2017
- Delhi Open 2017 · 25 Feb 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- MathSoc Open 2017 · 21 Jan 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing Complexity 2016 · 17 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.
- Saiyam Jain — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
- Shivam Bansal — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Rachit Soni — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.16 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.62 away.
Targets move as he improves.