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Archit Mahale

3×3 · top 2.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2018 · 2018MAHA16

Archit Mahale has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.96, set at Bay Area Speedcubin' 52 - Belmont 2023, puts him in the top 2.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,557th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 36 competitions since December 2018, he has put 632 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 82% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.50 in December 2018 to 7.96, a 59% improvement. Archit has entered 36 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 2.7% of 284,439 all-time
7.96
signature single · Bay Area Speedcubin' 52 - Belmont 2023
632
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 82% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×37.9610.17
top 2.7%1,557 / 59,724
4×431.4042.12
top 3.7%600 / 19,072
5×51:11.251:17.36
top 12.5%964 / 9,401
6×62:17.402:27.72
top 19.2%677 / 4,196
2×23.805.43
top 23.9%9,389 / 40,951
7×73:45.494:00.99
top 25.5%718 / 3,184

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

CubeChella 2018: 19.50Mudd Winter 2020: 11.66SacCubing X 2021: 13.06SacCubing XI 2022: 10.28Bay Area Speedcubin' 29 PM 2022: 10.50Bay Area Speedcubin' 34 - San Ramon 2022: 9.61Bay Area Speedcubin' 35 - Pacifica 2022: 9.17Oregon Championship 2022: 9.89Berkeley Fall 2022: 9.91Bay Area Speedcubin' 39 2022: 9.85Bay Area Speedcubin' 40 - San Ramon 2022: 10.35San Diego's Final Cube-Down 2022: 9.76Chula Vista Winter 2023: 9.52Bay Area Speedcubin' 41 2023: 9.16Berkeley Spring 2023: 9.62Bay Area Speedcubin' 43 2023: 10.09Bay Area Speedcubin' 44 2023: 10.90Bay Area Speedcubin' 46 Live - SSF 2023: 10.89Cal Poly SLO Spring 2023: 8.58CubingUSA Western Championship 2023: 8.95Rialto Cubing Summer 2023: 9.87Agoura Cubing Again 2023: 9.49CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 11.63Bay Area Speedcubin' 50 - Berkeley 2023: 9.76Bay Area Speedcubin' 51 Live - SSF 2023: 8.51Bay Area Speedcubin' 52 - Belmont 2023: 7.96Bay Area Speedcubin' 53 - Berkeley 2023: 9.27Bay Area Speedcubin' 54 Live - SSF 2023: 10.06UCSD Winter 2023: 9.84Bay Area Speedcubin' 55 - San Ramon 2024: 9.10Berkeley Winter 2024: 9.34Bay Area Speedcubin' 59 LIVE - SSF 2024: 9.407.9619.5022 Dec 201830 Mar 2024

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.

  • Varun Mohanraj — met in 96 rounds, never finished ahead
  • An Le — met in 88 rounds, finished ahead twice
  • Paul Mahvi — met in 86 rounds, never finished ahead

Next targets

  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.96 away.
  • A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 1.40 away.

Targets move as he improves.