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Arnav Bhatia

3×3 · top 3.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2013 · 2013BHAT02

Arnav Bhatia has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.23, set at Gurugram Monsoon Cube Open 2024, puts him in the top 3.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 301st in India. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since March 2013, he has put 188 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 52% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.12 in March 2013 to 8.23, a 70% improvement. Arnav has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.2% of 284,439 all-time
8.23
signature single · Gurugram Monsoon Cube Open 2024
188
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 52% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
3×38.2312.93
top 3.2%301 / 20,018
2×22.454.25
top 8.4%680 / 12,146
4×456.981:10.73
top 33.1%1,023 / 4,186
3×3 one-handed32.5637.73
top 52.4%2,022 / 4,516
Pyraminx15.8023.78
top 84.5%6,569 / 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

Delhi Open 2013: 27.12Dubai Open 2013: 17.74National Cubing Region Open 2014: 18.93Cubing V1.0 2014: 13.84National Cubing Region Open 2016: 12.70Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 2016: 11.09MathSoc Open 2017: 10.60Delhi Cube Splash 2017: 13.51Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 2018: 12.21Gurugram Monsoon Cube Open 2024: 8.238.2327.124 Mar 201329 Jun 2024

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 0.23 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.45 away.

Targets move as he improves.