People · India
Arun Krishnan
Pyraminx · top 4.0% of 129,321 all-time · competing since January 2019 · 2019KRIS01
Arun Krishnan has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.10, set at Side Events Chennai 2024, puts him in the top 4.0% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 228th in India. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since January 2019, he has put 357 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 93% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His Pyraminx best has come down from 8.94 in March 2019 to 3.10, a 65% improvement. Arun has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | India | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.10 | 4.47 | top 4.0% | 228 / 8,934 | |
| Skewb | 3.39 | 5.01 | top 7.1% | 173 / 3,524 | |
| 2×2 | 2.83 | 4.32 | top 12.3% | 1,024 / 12,146 | |
| 3×3 | 12.01 | 13.19 | top 13.9% | 1,687 / 20,018 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.18 | 35.39 | top 26.6% | 956 / 4,516 | |
| Clock | 13.52 | 18.72 | top 41.8% | 354 / 1,092 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 40 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 225 / 600 | |
| 4×4 | 1:21.22 | — | top 56.9% | 1,956 / 4,186 | |
| Megaminx | 2:44.74 | — | early days — 2 solves | 800 / 1,443 |
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, Pyraminx. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 28 Jul 2024Three personal bests in one day at Side Events Chennai 2024.
- 21 Aug 2022First sub-15 3×3: 12.60 at Cubing Comes To Pondy 2022.
- 27 Jul 2019First sub-20 3×3: 17.27 at SSN Cube Open 2019.
- 27 Jul 2019Three personal bests in one day at SSN Cube Open 2019.
- 5 Jan 2019First competition: Shaastra Cube Open 2019. A 27.42 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Kalanjiam Cubing Challenge 2025 · 28 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- SSN Cube Challenge 2025 · 15 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Amrita Cube Open 2025 · 31 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Back to Cubing Madras 2025 · 11 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Side Events Chennai 2024 · 28 Jul 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- SSN Cube Saturday 2023 · 23 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Nexus Summer Open Bangalore Sunday 2023 · 28 May 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- MCC Cube Open 2023 · 19 Mar 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing Comes To Pondy 2022 · 21 Aug 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- SRM Cube Open 2019 · 19 Oct 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- HLC Cube Challenge 2019 · 28 Sep 2019
- SSN Cube Open 2019 · 27 Jul 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Carte Blanche Kube Open 2019 · 2 Mar 2019
- Shaastra Cube Open 2019 · 5 Jan 2019
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.
- Lalith Sashank — met in 52 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Arun Kannan — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
- Vikram Gopinath — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.10 away.
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.39 away.
Targets move as he improves.