People · United States
Arsh Koul
3×3 · top 5.8% of 288,433 all-time · competing since October 2025 · 2025KOUL01
Arsh Koul has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.36, set at Round Rock Splash & Solve 2026, puts him in the top 5.8% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,262nd in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since October 2025, he has put 246 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 77% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.56 in October 2025 to 9.36, an 11% improvement. Arsh 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 | 9.36 | 11.35 | top 5.8% | 3,262 / 60,666 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.09 | 7.70 | top 13.7% | 3,651 / 29,168 | |
| Skewb | 4.81 | 8.39 | top 16.8% | 2,678 / 19,164 | |
| 2×2 | 3.74 | 4.04 | top 23.3% | 9,250 / 41,674 | |
| 4×4 | 53.91 | 58.67 | top 29.5% | 4,669 / 19,354 | |
| Megaminx | 1:35.48 | 1:54.25 | top 31.8% | 2,298 / 8,026 | |
| Square-1 | 22.00 | 31.73 | top 32.6% | 2,131 / 6,846 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.86 | 28.32 | top 33.9% | 4,526 / 15,900 | |
| Clock | 12.11 | 13.24 | top 35.4% | 2,881 / 9,172 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:32.46 | — | top 44.1% | 952 / 2,128 | |
| 5×5 | 2:02.12 | 2:16.69 | top 50.7% | 4,314 / 9,537 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 3 of 3 cubes · 24:38 | — | early days — 2 solves | 427 / 740 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 43 moves | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,265 / 2,059 | |
| 6×6 | 5:24.41 | 5:40.94 | early days — 3 solves | 3,567 / 4,262 | |
| 7×7 | 9:49.97 | — | early days — 1 solve | 3,184 / 3,236 |
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
- 5 Sep 2026Three personal bests in one day at Round Rock Mega Cube Day 2026.
- 4 Apr 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.36 at Round Rock Splash & Solve 2026.
- 4 Apr 2026Three personal bests in one day at Round Rock Splash & Solve 2026.
- 2 Nov 2025Three personal bests in one day at Temple Cubing Fall 2025.
- 19 Oct 2025First competition: Space City Fall TX 2025. A 11.79 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Round Rock Mega Cube Day 2026 · 5 Sep 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Quiet Down In Pflugerville 2026 · 5 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Round Rock Splash & Solve 2026 · 4 Apr 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Temple Cubing Winter 2026 · 20 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Georgetown Weeknight 1 2026 · 13 Feb 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Temple Cubing Fall 2025 · 2 Nov 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Space City Fall TX 2025 · 19 Oct 2025 — 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.
- Thai Bui — met in 46 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Tristan Patrick — met in 43 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Alexander Pacheco — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.36 away.
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,242 people have one; it is 0.09 away.
Targets move as he improves.