People · India
Arnav Sonavane
3×3 · top 1.3% of 288,433 all-time · competing since March 2024 · 2024SONA01
Arnav Sonavane has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.95, set at Mumbai Twistathon 2026, puts him in the top 1.3% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 117th in India. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since March 2024, he has put 524 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 77% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.14 in March 2024 to 6.95, a 43% improvement. Arnav has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% 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 | 6.95 | 8.51 | top 1.3% | 117 / 20,146 | |
| 4×4 | 32.18 | 40.02 | top 4.4% | 106 / 4,220 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 13.38 | 15.75 | top 5.1% | 156 / 4,534 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.51 | 4.20 | top 5.5% | 313 / 8,971 | |
| 2×2 | 2.11 | 3.11 | top 5.6% | 428 / 12,225 | |
| 5×5 | 1:15.23 | 1:16.78 | top 15.6% | 174 / 1,537 | |
| Skewb | 5.20 | 7.74 | top 19.8% | 559 / 3,548 | |
| Megaminx | 1:48.93 | 2:07.63 | top 39.9% | 445 / 1,458 | |
| 6×6 | 3:29.94 | 4:02.23 | top 54.8% | 264 / 537 | |
| Clock | 18.42 | 27.15 | top 60.1% | 541 / 1,109 |
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
- 27 Jun 2026Three personal bests in one day at Mumbai Twistathon 2026.
- 5 Apr 2026Four personal bests in one day at Mumbai Summer Cube Fiesta 2026.
- 1 Nov 2025Eight personal bests in one day at Korum Winter Cube Challenge 2025.
- 24 May 2025Four personal bests in one day at Mumbai Cubing Heat Wave 2025.
- 21 Sep 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.08 at Pune Unscrambled 2024.
- 21 Sep 2024Three personal bests in one day at Pune Unscrambled 2024.
Competitions
- Indian Elite Championship 2026 · 2 Oct 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Mumbai Twistathon 2026 · 27 Jun 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Mumbai Cubing Sprint 2026 · 25 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Mumbai Summer Cube Fiesta 2026 · 5 Apr 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Saraswati College Open 2026 · 7 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Mumbai Cube Fiesta 2026 · 18 Jan 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Korum Winter Cube Challenge 2025 · 1 Nov 2025 — 8 personal bests set
- Mumbai Twistathon 2025 · 7 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Mumbai Cube Open 2025 · 8 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Mumbai Cubing Heat Wave 2025 · 24 May 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Mumbai Cube Challenge 2025 · 15 Feb 2025
- Mumbai Cubing Sprint 2024 · 17 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Pune Unscrambled 2024 · 21 Sep 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Mumbai Twistathon 2024 · 25 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Korum Cube Challenge 2024 · 3 May 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Oculus Cube Open 2024 · 23 Mar 2024
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.
- Shubham Maharana — met in 98 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Dhruva Nikhil Jagtap — met in 91 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Trishan Gupta — met in 63 rounds, finished ahead 24 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 0.95 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,465 people have one; it is 2.18 away.
Targets move as he improves.