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Arnav Bansal
3×3 · top 9.5% of 288,433 all-time · competing since August 2019 · 2019BANS07
Arnav Bansal has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.66, set at UIUC Fall 2025, puts him in the top 9.5% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,086th in India. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since August 2019, he has put 111 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.77 in August 2019 to 10.66, a 43% improvement. Arnav 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 | 10.66 | 13.93 | top 9.5% | 1,086 / 20,146 | |
| 2×2 | 3.34 | 4.96 | top 18.3% | 1,549 / 12,225 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.04 | 10.52 | top 28.2% | 1,743 / 8,971 | |
| 4×4 | 55.84 | 1:08.06 | top 31.9% | 992 / 4,220 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.64 | 34.55 | top 33.3% | 1,215 / 4,534 | |
| Megaminx | 3:24.25 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,034 / 1,458 |
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
- 30 Dec 2019Three personal bests in one day at PB Smashathon Delhi 2019.
- 2 Nov 2019First sub-15 3×3: 13.53 at Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 2019.
- 24 Aug 2019First competition: Speedcubing ESYA 2019. A 18.77 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- UIUC Fall 2025 · 15 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Bennett University Cube Open 2020 · 19 Jan 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- PB Smashathon Delhi 2019 · 30 Dec 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 2019 · 2 Nov 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Speedcubing ESYA 2019 · 24 Aug 2019
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.
- Shivam Bansal — met in 18 rounds, never finished ahead
- Sukant Koul — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
- Kunal Oak — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.66 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.34 away.
Targets move as he improves.