People · India
Arnabh Gaonkar
3×3 · top 9.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2023 · 2023GAON01
Arnabh Gaonkar has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.79, set at Pune Cube Carnival 2025, puts him in the top 9.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,114th in India. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since January 2023, he has put 40 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 8% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.61 in January 2023 to 10.79, a 45% improvement. Arnabh has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% 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 | 10.79 | 15.27 | top 9.8% | 1,114 / 20,018 | |
| 2×2 | 5.66 | 8.97 | top 47.2% | 4,509 / 12,146 | |
| Pyraminx | 11.75 | 15.65 | top 65.6% | 4,597 / 8,934 |
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
- 25 May 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.25 at Pune Summer Open 2025.
- 14 Jan 2023First competition: DSK Cube Open 2023. A 19.61 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Pune Cube Carnival 2025 · 21 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Pune Summer Open 2025 · 25 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Ileseum Cube Open 2025 · 2 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Pavillion Cube Open 2023 · 20 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- DSK Cube Open 2023 · 14 Jan 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.
- Imaad Sohel Ajani — met in 8 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Dhruva Nikhil Jagtap — met in 8 rounds, finished ahead once
- Jay Nikhil Gadgil — met in 8 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.79 away.
- A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.66 away.
Targets move as he improves.