People · United States
Atharv Koratkar
3×3 · top 4.6% of 288,433 all-time · competing since July 2015 · 2015KORA01
Atharv Koratkar has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.88, set at Penn Cube Day Fall 2026, puts him in the top 4.6% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,603rd in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 20 competitions since July 2015, he has put 324 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 92% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.93 in July 2015 to 8.88, a 68% improvement. Atharv has entered 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.88 | 11.02 | top 4.6% | 2,603 / 60,666 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.16 | 6.16 | top 8.5% | 2,223 / 29,168 | |
| 2×2 | 3.06 | 3.44 | top 15.0% | 5,968 / 41,674 | |
| 4×4 | 43.28 | 46.87 | top 16.2% | 2,485 / 19,354 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.25 | 24.68 | top 21.2% | 2,746 / 15,900 | |
| Skewb | 10.11 | 15.18 | top 55.7% | 10,256 / 19,164 |
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
- 10 Oct 2026First sub-10 3×3: 8.88 at Penn Cube Day Fall 2026.
- 6 Aug 2023Three personal bests in one day at Bay Area Speedcubin' 50 - Berkeley 2023.
- 30 Jun 2023Five personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Western Championship 2023.
- 6 Aug 2022Three personal bests in one day at Bay Area Speedcubin' 36 2022.
- 15 Jul 2017First sub-15 3×3: 13.68 at San Ramon 2017.
- 15 Apr 2017First sub-20 3×3: 17.72 at Berkeley Spring 2017.
Competitions
- Penn Cube Day Fall 2026 · 10 Oct 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Mountain House Open 2026 · 18 Jul 2026
- Alameda County Fair 2026 · 27 Jun 2026
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 62 LIVE - SSF 2024 · 26 May 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 50 - Berkeley 2023 · 6 Aug 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Western Championship 2023 · 30 Jun 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 36 2022 · 6 Aug 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 24 2020 · 15 Feb 2020 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 21 2019 · 1 Dec 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Berkeley Fall 2019 · 10 Nov 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 20 2019 · 12 Oct 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley Summer 2019 · 21 Sep 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 17 2019 · 1 Jun 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- San Ramon 2017 · 15 Jul 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- 6.25 Bay Area 2017 · 24 Jun 2017
- Berkeley Spring 2017 · 15 Apr 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Armin Open 2017 · 21 Jan 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley Spring 2016 · 10 Apr 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 8 2016 · 3 Jan 2016 — 1 personal best set
- BASC 7 2015 · 11 Jul 2015
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.
- Varun Mohanraj — met in 50 rounds, never finished ahead
- Nolan Lata Yiu — met in 41 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Stanley Tran — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.88 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 10,050 people have one; it is 0.16 away.
Targets move as he improves.