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Arav Maharajh

3×3 · top 6.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2021 · 2021MAHA01

Arav Maharajh has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.81, set at CubeCo Durban Summer 2022, puts him in the top 6.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 69th in South Africa. Until October 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since December 2021, he has put 145 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.93 in December 2021 to 9.81, a 10% improvement. Arav has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 6.9% of 284,439 all-time
9.81
signature single · CubeCo Durban Summer 2022
145
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSouth Africa
3×39.8110.93
top 6.9%69 / 2,164
2×23.144.32
top 15.9%160 / 1,510
4×451.0757.63
top 26.0%82 / 491
Pyraminx7.0311.45
top 28.1%217 / 946
Megaminx1:54.932:07.22
top 43.1%73 / 266
5×52:01.602:17.63
top 50.2%85 / 221
Square-138.7856.01
top 63.8%76 / 118

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

Durban Summer Warm-up 2021: 10.93CubeCo Durban Winter Warmup 2022: 11.72CubeCo Durban Summer 2022: 9.819.8111.724 Dec 20213 Dec 2022

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 1.81 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.14 away.

Targets move as he improves.