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Arsh Koul
3×3 · top 5.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2025 · 2025KOUL01
Arsh Koul has been competing for 11 months. 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 5.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,198th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since October 2025, he has put 207 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.56 in October 2025 to 9.36, an 11% improvement. Arsh has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% 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 5.7% | 3,198 / 59,724 | |
| Skewb | 4.81 | 8.39 | top 16.7% | 2,641 / 18,907 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.31 | 7.70 | top 22.3% | 6,001 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 3.74 | 4.04 | top 23.2% | 9,103 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 53.91 | 58.67 | top 29.4% | 4,600 / 19,072 | |
| Square-1 | 22.00 | 31.73 | top 32.5% | 2,098 / 6,743 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.86 | 28.32 | top 33.8% | 4,455 / 15,683 | |
| Megaminx | 1:43.40 | 1:56.59 | top 36.7% | 2,630 / 7,841 | |
| Clock | 12.91 | 13.59 | top 39.3% | 3,121 / 8,927 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:32.46 | — | top 44.0% | 937 / 2,092 | |
| 5×5 | 2:02.12 | 2:16.69 | top 50.5% | 4,235 / 9,401 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 3 of 3 cubes · 24:38 | — | early days — 2 solves | 423 / 731 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 43 moves | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,251 / 2,040 | |
| 6×6 | 5:24.41 | 5:40.94 | early days — 3 solves | 3,507 / 4,196 | |
| 7×7 | 9:49.97 | — | early days — 1 solve | 3,131 / 3,184 |
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
- 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
- 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 45 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Tristan Patrick — met in 43 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Tucker Chamberlain — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.36 away.
- A sub-4 Skewb single — 7,977 people have one; it is 0.81 away.
Targets move as he improves.