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Arnav Ratna

3×3 · top 6.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2022 · 2022RATN01

Arnav Ratna has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.73, set at CubingUSA Western Championship 2023, puts him in the top 6.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,678th in the United States. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since March 2022, he has put 136 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 84% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.77 in March 2022 to 9.73, a 24% improvement. Arnav has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 6.7% of 284,439 all-time
9.73
signature single · CubingUSA Western Championship 2023
136
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 84% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×39.7311.91
top 6.7%3,678 / 59,724
3×3 blindfolded53.491:12.44
top 11.0%213 / 2,092
2×23.454.75
top 19.6%7,678 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed22.2225.35
top 26.7%3,439 / 15,683
Pyraminx7.3719.35
top 30.9%8,631 / 28,708
4×458.051:09.87
top 34.4%5,518 / 19,072
Square-132.2837.86
top 53.8%3,547 / 6,743
Megaminx3:17.80
top 80.2%6,334 / 7,841

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

Cal Poly SLO Spring 2022: 12.77Bay Area Speedcubin' 29 PM 2022: 10.00Berkeley Winter B 2023: 10.21CubingUSA Western Championship 2023: 9.73Bay Area Speedcubin' 53 - Berkeley 2023: 9.859.7312.7719 Mar 202214 Oct 2023

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.

  • Nolan Yiu — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
  • Evan Chin — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead once
  • Stanley Tran — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead 5 times

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.73 away.
  • A sub-50 3×3 blindfolded single — 1,207 people have one; it is 3.49 away.

Targets move as he improves.