People · India
Apurva Pavaskar
3×3 · top 11.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2016 · 2016PAVA01
Apurva Pavaskar has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.38, set at Pune Summer Open 2025, puts him in the top 11.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,366th in India. Across 5 competitions since October 2016, he has put 54 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.76 in October 2016 to 11.38, a 36% improvement. Apurva has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% 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 | 11.38 | 14.36 | top 11.7% | 1,366 / 20,018 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 25.70 | 32.35 | top 36.0% | 1,305 / 4,516 |
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 Dec 2018First sub-15 3×3: 13.16 at KK Charity Cube Open 2018.
- 15 Oct 2016First competition: Rubik's Cube Pune Open 2016. A 17.76 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Pune Summer Open 2025 · 25 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- IISER Pune Summer Open 2025 · 5 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Pune Unscrambled 2023 · 21 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- KK Charity Cube Open 2018 · 23 Dec 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's Cube Pune Open 2016 · 15 Oct 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.
- Tanav Aditya Godbole — met in 6 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Anay Shrikar — met in 6 rounds, never finished ahead
- Pranav Dandgaval — met in 6 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.38 away.
- A sub-25 3×3 one-handed single — 25,198 people have one; it is 0.70 away.
Targets move as he improves.