People · United States
Arnav Ratna
3×3 · top 6.8% of 288,433 all-time · competing since March 2022 · 2022RATN01
Arnav Ratna has been competing for 5 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 6.8% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,749th 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 36,406 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.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.73 | 11.91 | top 6.8% | 3,749 / 60,666 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 53.49 | 1:12.44 | top 11.0% | 216 / 2,128 | |
| 2×2 | 3.45 | 4.75 | top 19.7% | 7,804 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.22 | 25.35 | top 26.7% | 3,489 / 15,900 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.37 | 19.35 | top 31.0% | 8,765 / 29,168 | |
| 4×4 | 58.05 | 1:09.87 | top 34.5% | 5,595 / 19,354 | |
| Square-1 | 32.28 | 37.86 | top 53.8% | 3,598 / 6,846 | |
| Megaminx | 3:17.80 | — | top 80.2% | 6,480 / 8,026 |
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 Jun 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.73 at CubingUSA Western Championship 2023.
- 30 Jun 2023Three personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Western Championship 2023.
- 19 Mar 2022First competition: Cal Poly SLO Spring 2022. A 12.87 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 53 - Berkeley 2023 · 14 Oct 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 49 - Berkeley 2023 · 8 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Western Championship 2023 · 30 Jun 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Berkeley Winter B 2023 · 22 Jan 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 37 2022 · 17 Sep 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 29 PM 2022 · 3 Apr 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Cal Poly SLO Spring 2022 · 19 Mar 2022 — 1 personal best set
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 Lata 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 — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.73 away.
- A sub-50 3×3 blindfolded single — 1,224 people have one; it is 3.49 away.
Targets move as he improves.