People · United States
Arjun Desai
3×3 · top 31.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2023 · 2023DESA16
Arjun Desai has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 17.23, set at Minnesota Championship 2025, puts him in the top 31.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 17,526th in the United States. Across 14 competitions since October 2023, he has put 247 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 59% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 56.19 in October 2023 to 17.23, a 69% improvement. Arjun has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 17.23 | 21.50 | top 31.7% | 17,526 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.24 | 13.09 | top 38.2% | 10,923 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 4.96 | 7.03 | top 38.8% | 15,566 / 40,951 | |
| Skewb | 10.01 | 15.46 | top 55.0% | 9,988 / 18,907 | |
| 4×4 | 1:36.60 | — | top 68.4% | 12,167 / 19,072 | |
| Megaminx | 2:53.97 | — | top 71.9% | 5,562 / 7,841 | |
| Clock | 23.92 | — | early days — 3 solves | 6,501 / 8,927 |
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
- 29 Nov 2025First sub-20 3×3: 17.23 at Minnesota Championship 2025.
- 15 Feb 2025Three personal bests in one day at Skewb on the Madison Snow 2025.
- 3 Mar 2024First sub-30 3×3: 28.78 at Minnesota Newcomer Sunday 2024.
- 3 Mar 2024Four personal bests in one day at Minnesota Newcomer Sunday 2024.
- 28 Oct 2023First competition: Cubetcha 2023. A 56.19 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026 · 2 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- North Star Cubing Challenge MN 2026 · 31 Jan 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Minnesota Championship 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Skewb on the Madison Snow 2025 · 15 Feb 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- North Star Cubing Challenge MN 2025 · 11 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubetcha MN 2024 · 19 Oct 2024
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024 · 18 Jul 2024 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2024 · 7 Jun 2024
- Minnesota Cube Melt 2024 · 11 May 2024
- Minnesota Newcomer Sunday 2024 · 3 Mar 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Elite in Eagan 2024 · 11 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Race the Clock Minnesota 2023 · 30 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- NxN Minnesota 2023 · 9 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubetcha 2023 · 28 Oct 2023
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.
- Walker Welch — met in 44 rounds, never finished ahead
- Kaius Young — met in 44 rounds, never finished ahead
- Lisa Kucala — met in 42 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 2.23 away.
- A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 46,752 people have one; it is 0.24 away.
Targets move as he improves.