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Arnav Kumar

3×3 · top 0.79% of 288,433 all-time · competing since September 2022 · 2022KUMA32

Arnav Kumar has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.42, set at American Dream NJ 2025, puts him in the top 0.79% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 519th in the United States. Until May 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 39 competitions since September 2022, he has put 1,145 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 62% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.22 in September 2022 to 6.42, a 68% improvement. Arnav has entered 39 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.79% of 288,433 all-time
6.42
signature single · American Dream NJ 2025
1,145
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 62% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×36.428.12
top 0.79%519 / 60,666
2×21.472.73
top 2.0%827 / 41,674
3×3 one-handed11.3616.19
top 2.2%364 / 15,900
Pyraminx2.635.76
top 2.6%683 / 29,168
Skewb3.746.34
top 9.2%1,439 / 19,164
Megaminx1:00.701:10.00
top 10.4%734 / 8,026
4×446.9849.72
top 20.9%3,207 / 19,354
Clock9.6112.16
top 23.0%1,808 / 9,172

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

Pretzel Mania 2022: 20.22Princeton Fall 2022: 18.98West Chester Fall 2022: 17.52Pretzel Mania 2023: 14.28NJIT Spring 2023: 13.52South Jersey Speedsolving 2023: 15.10GCU Spring 2023: 13.12North Jersey Speedsolving B 2023: 13.69CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 12.79Newark's On Track 2023: 12.49Cumberland County Cubing 2023: 10.98Manhattan Mini A 2023: 10.52GCU Winter 2024: 9.65Parsippany Mini AM 2024: 8.63Cubing in Mount Kisco 2024: 9.77South Jersey Speedsolving 2024: 8.95North Jersey Speedsolving B 2024: 7.51Newark Academy Spring 2024: 8.25Cubing in the Ocean County 2024: 8.70An Afternoon in Nyack 2024: 6.64Christmas City Cubing PA 2024: 9.29Cubing-on-Hudson AM 2024: 8.80Pop Off Princeton 2025: 8.07Flushing Glow Open PM 2025: 8.63PBs in Palisades Winter 2025: 8.47Liberty Science Center Open B 2025: 8.63American Dream NJ 2025: 6.42Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 10.40Cubing in the Ocean County 2025: 8.26Liberty Science Center Fall A 2025: 7.96PBs in Palisades Open 2026: 7.92Liberty Science Center Open A 2026: 8.18Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 2026: 7.96RCBC Cube Day NJ 2026: 7.49Cherry Hill Mini May 2026: 6.79Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026: 7.48Liberty Science Center Fall A 2026: 7.72Christmas City Cubing PA 2026: 7.14Hazlet Fall 2026: 7.726.4220.223 Sep 202211 Oct 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-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 0.42 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.47 away.

Targets move as he improves.