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Arya Saranathan

3×3 · top 25.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2016 · 2016SARA05

Arya Saranathan has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 15.27, set at Oculus Cube Open 2019, puts him in the top 25.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,316th in India. Across 4 competitions since December 2016, he has put 59 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.13 in December 2016 to 15.27, a 46% improvement. Arya has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 25.3% of 284,439 all-time
15.27
signature single · Oculus Cube Open 2019
59
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
3×315.2717.02
top 25.3%3,316 / 20,018
2×24.986.07
top 39.1%3,603 / 12,146
3×3 one-handed35.1441.75
top 57.5%2,282 / 4,516
4×41:55.542:05.41
top 79.6%2,923 / 4,186
Pyraminx35.27
early days — 1 solve8,718 / 8,934

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

Rubik's Cube Mumbai Open 2016: 28.13SCMU 2017: 22.40Rubik's Cube Mumbai Open 2017: 18.13Oculus Cube Open 2019: 15.2715.2728.1323 Dec 201619 Jan 2019

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 0.27 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.98 away.

Targets move as he improves.