People · Netherlands
Aruna Palanisamy
Skewb · top 38.3% of 73,281 all-time · competing since May 2024 · 2024PALA06
Aruna Palanisamy has been competing for 2 years. Her best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 7.60, set at Alphen Cubing 2025, puts her in the top 38.3% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 403rd in the Netherlands. Across 7 competitions since May 2024, she has put 74 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. That figure sets aside her 4 DNFs. Her 3×3 best has come down from 43.81 in May 2024 to 30.83, a 30% improvement. Aruna 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 | Netherlands | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 7.60 | 10.33 | top 38.3% | 403 / 957 | |
| 2×2 | 7.45 | 14.38 | top 63.9% | 1,207 / 1,665 | |
| 3×3 | 30.83 | 37.46 | top 63.9% | 1,591 / 2,294 | |
| Clock | 22.18 | — | top 70.5% | 316 / 466 |
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 May 2024First competition: Bigger in Breda 2024. A 43.81 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Rubik's Dutch Nationals 2025 · 5 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Quick 'n Slick Meppel 2025 · 17 May 2025
- Leersum Squared 2025 · 8 Feb 2025
- Alphen Cubing 2025 · 19 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Dutch Nationals 2024 · 15 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Dutch Open 2024 · 26 Oct 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Bigger in Breda 2024 · 4 May 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 her.
- Hugo Garstman — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Thijs Penning — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead once
- Jonas van Lier — met in 18 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-6 Skewb single — 18,841 people have one; it is 1.60 away.
- A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 1.45 away.
Targets move as she improves.