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Arvind Ajay Bharadwaj

3×3 · top 1.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2016 · 2016BHAR01

Arvind Ajay Bharadwaj has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.13, set at CubeX Summer Open Bangalore 2024, puts him in the top 1.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 131st in India. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since January 2016, he has put 447 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 60% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.94 in January 2016 to 7.13, a 64% improvement. Arvind has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.5% of 284,439 all-time
7.13
signature single · CubeX Summer Open Bangalore 2024
447
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 60% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
3×37.137.69
top 1.5%131 / 20,018
2×21.672.90
top 2.9%212 / 12,146
Skewb3.735.22
top 9.1%236 / 3,524
3×3 one-handed16.0118.83
top 10.2%329 / 4,516
Pyraminx4.856.72
top 12.3%719 / 8,934
4×442.5648.29
top 15.2%411 / 4,186

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

Shaastra Cube Open 2016: 19.94Cube On Bengaluru 2016: 13.98Carte Blanche Kube Open 2017: 12.72IIA Summer Open April 2017: 11.19IIA Summer Open - May 2017: 10.02ICC Juniors August 2017: 10.46Indian Cube Challenge 2017: 10.97APJ BLD Open 2017: 9.03Aboard the Pyraminx Train 2018: 8.99Oakridge Cube Open - April 2018: 7.82Bangalore Open 2018: 8.29Nexus Monsoon Open 2022: 7.83Bangalore Cube Open July 2023: 7.19CubeX Summer Open Bangalore 2024: 7.137.1319.9423 Jan 201618 May 2024

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

  • Naren Ramesh — met in 62 rounds, finished ahead 43 times
  • Naman Jain — met in 52 rounds, finished ahead 43 times
  • Shlok Mongia — met in 46 rounds, finished ahead 25 times

Next targets

  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.13 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.67 away.

Targets move as he improves.