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Armaan Khetarpaul

3×3 · top 5.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2017 · 2017KHET01

Armaan Khetarpaul has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.08, set at Speedcubing ESYA 2019, puts him in the top 5.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 528th in India. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since July 2017, he has put 161 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 61% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 34.24 in July 2017 to 9.08, a 73% improvement. Armaan has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 5.1% of 284,439 all-time
9.08
signature single · Speedcubing ESYA 2019
161
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 61% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
3×39.0812.01
top 5.1%528 / 20,018
3×3 one-handed18.7321.15
top 17.0%585 / 4,516
Skewb5.579.12
top 22.5%622 / 3,524
2×23.934.81
top 25.6%2,223 / 12,146
4×451.341:04.08
top 26.3%781 / 4,186
Square-124.0926.95
top 37.0%254 / 805
Pyraminx8.169.69
top 37.5%2,391 / 8,934
Megaminx1:49.172:03.59
top 39.9%442 / 1,443

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

Delhi Cube Splash 2017: 34.24Speedcubing ESYA 2017: 26.94MathSoc Open 2018: 21.26SNU Open 2018: 18.37Speedcubing ESYA 2018: 11.74Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 2018: 12.45Speedcubing ESYA 2019: 9.08Pravega IISc BLR Cube Open 2026: 9.989.0834.2430 Jul 201717 Jan 2026

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 1.08 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 3.73 away.

Targets move as he improves.