People · India
Arjun Dhiren Pradhan
3×3 · top 5.2% of 288,433 all-time · competing since July 2018 · 2018PRAD06
Arjun Dhiren Pradhan has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.13, set at Korum Cube Challenge 2024, puts him in the top 5.2% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 559th in India. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since July 2018, he has put 211 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 64% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 5.13 in July 2018 to 2.32, a 55% improvement. Arjun has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% 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 | 9.13 | 11.76 | top 5.2% | 559 / 20,146 | |
| 2×2 | 2.32 | 3.47 | top 7.3% | 570 / 12,225 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.71 | 7.18 | top 11.5% | 662 / 8,971 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.82 | 21.69 | top 22.8% | 824 / 4,534 | |
| Skewb | 7.18 | 9.88 | top 35.2% | 1,009 / 3,548 | |
| 4×4 | 1:24.00 | 1:31.86 | top 59.2% | 2,081 / 4,220 |
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
- 25 Jun 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.80 at Phoenix Cube Challenge 2022.
- 12 Jun 2022Three personal bests in one day at Cubing Returns Pune 2022.
- 17 Mar 2019First sub-15 3×3: 14.22 at IISER Pune Cube Open 2019.
- 17 Mar 2019Four personal bests in one day at IISER Pune Cube Open 2019.
- 10 Feb 2019First sub-20 3×3: 17.38 at Saraswati Open 2019.
- 10 Feb 2019Three personal bests in one day at Saraswati Open 2019.
Competitions
- Korum Cube Challenge 2024 · 3 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Phoenix Cube Challenge 2022 · 25 Jun 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing Returns Pune 2022 · 12 Jun 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Phoenix Marketcity Cube Challenge 2019 · 10 Aug 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- VES Cube Open 2019 · 28 Apr 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- IISER Pune Cube Open 2019 · 17 Mar 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- RGIT Cube Open 2019 · 9 Mar 2019
- Saraswati Open 2019 · 10 Feb 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Speedcubing ESYA 2018 · 18 Aug 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Phoenix Cube Championship 2018 · 7 Jul 2018 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Shubham Maharana — met in 38 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Nikhil Soares — met in 34 rounds, never finished ahead
- Somya Srivastava — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead 27 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.13 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.32 away.
Targets move as he improves.