People · India
Arvan Kumar
2×2 · top 9.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2023 · 2023KUMA44
Arvan Kumar has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.58, set at Gurugram Autumn Cube Open 2024, puts him in the top 9.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 785th in India. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since September 2023, he has put 239 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.99 in September 2023 to 11.37, a 40% improvement. Arvan has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | India | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.58 | 4.33 | top 9.7% | 785 / 12,146 | |
| 3×3 | 11.37 | 13.09 | top 11.7% | 1,361 / 20,018 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.10 | 8.20 | top 13.8% | 802 / 8,934 | |
| 4×4 | 49.70 | 54.73 | top 24.3% | 712 / 4,186 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.47 | 30.36 | top 27.3% | 983 / 4,516 | |
| Skewb | 6.37 | 10.25 | top 28.7% | 800 / 3,524 | |
| 5×5 | 1:41.89 | 2:14.00 | top 36.8% | 458 / 1,525 | |
| Megaminx | 2:24.81 | — | top 58.8% | 680 / 1,443 | |
| 6×6 | 4:36.31 | — | early days — 1 solve | 387 / 531 | |
| 7×7 | 7:56.66 | — | early days — 1 solve | 318 / 360 |
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
- 28 Sep 2024Three personal bests in one day at Gurugram Autumn Cube Open 2024.
- 29 Jun 2024Four personal bests in one day at Gurugram Monsoon Cube Open 2024.
- 30 Mar 2024Three personal bests in one day at Gurugram Spring Open 2024.
- 7 Oct 2023First sub-15 3×3: 13.79 at Gurugram Cube Open 2023.
- 2 Sep 2023First competition: SpeedCubing Delhi Open 2023. A 18.99 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- D21 Delhi Cube Open B 2025 · 22 Feb 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- D21 Delhi Cube Open B 2024 · 14 Dec 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Delhi Cube Challenge 2024 · 9 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Big Cube Bonanza Delhi 2024 · 5 Oct 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Gurugram Autumn Cube Open 2024 · 28 Sep 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Mahavira Delhi Cube Open Sunday 2024 · 21 Jul 2024
- Gurugram Monsoon Cube Open 2024 · 29 Jun 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Gurugram Spring Open 2024 · 30 Mar 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Gurugram Cube Open 2023 · 7 Oct 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- SpeedCubing Delhi Open 2023 · 2 Sep 2023
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.
- Shrey Relan — met in 46 rounds, never finished ahead
- Saiyam Jain — met in 45 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
- Arghy Shravast — met in 41 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.58 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.37 away.
Targets move as he improves.