People · United States
Arjun Paranthaman
3×3 · top 3.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2016 · 2016PARA01
Arjun Paranthaman has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.43, set at Indian Cube Challenge 2017, puts him in the top 3.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,034th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since January 2016, he has put 755 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 57% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.31 in January 2016 to 8.43, a 56% improvement. Arjun has entered 15 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 | 8.43 | 11.12 | top 3.6% | 2,034 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 1.87 | 3.46 | top 4.0% | 1,565 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.23 | 6.09 | top 4.4% | 1,164 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 14.82 | 23.57 | top 7.8% | 1,040 / 15,683 | |
| Skewb | 3.92 | 5.60 | top 10.3% | 1,587 / 18,907 | |
| 4×4 | 51.52 | 1:01.90 | top 26.6% | 4,093 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 2:01.69 | 2:09.62 | top 50.2% | 4,212 / 9,401 | |
| Megaminx | 2:10.63 | 2:19.01 | top 51.5% | 3,858 / 7,841 | |
| Square-1 | 48.09 | 1:10.82 | top 74.3% | 4,906 / 6,743 |
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
- 3 Feb 2018Four personal bests in one day at CMI Tessellate Cube Open 2018.
- 20 Oct 2017Six personal bests in one day at Indian Cube Challenge 2017.
- 28 Jul 2017First sub-10 3×3: 8.91 at SSN Cube Open 2017.
- 28 Jul 2017Three personal bests in one day at SSN Cube Open 2017.
- 26 Mar 2017Three personal bests in one day at SRM Cube Open 2017.
- 18 Feb 2017Four personal bests in one day at Carte Blanche Kube Open 2017.
Competitions
- Phoenix C3 Open 2018 · 1 Dec 2018
- CMI Autumn Open 2018 · 27 Oct 2018
- SSN Cube Open 2018 · 28 Jul 2018 — 1 personal best set
- SRM Cube Open 2018 · 23 Mar 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Takshashila Cube Open 2018 · 3 Mar 2018
- CMI Tessellate Cube Open 2018 · 3 Feb 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Shaastra Cube Open 2018 · 6 Jan 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Grand Cube Open 2017 · 26 Nov 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Indian Cube Challenge 2017 · 20 Oct 2017 — 6 personal bests set
- SSN Cube Open 2017 · 28 Jul 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- SRM Cube Open 2017 · 26 Mar 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Carte Blanche Kube Open 2017 · 18 Feb 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Shaastra Cube Open 2017 · 31 Dec 2016 — 6 personal bests set
- SSN Cube Open 2016 · 5 Aug 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Shaastra Cube Open 2016 · 23 Jan 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.
- Pranav Prabhu — met in 108 rounds, finished ahead 71 times
- Anish Rajesh — met in 95 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Pritesh Lunkad — met in 86 rounds, finished ahead 52 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.43 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.87 away.
Targets move as he improves.