People · India
Gaurav Roy
3×3 · top 3.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2019 · 2019ROYG01
Gaurav Roy has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.21, set at Gurugram Cube Open 2026, puts him in the top 3.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 297th in India. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since September 2019, he has put 281 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 51% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.32 in December 2019 to 8.21, a 50% improvement. Gaurav 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.21 | 10.29 | top 3.2% | 297 / 20,018 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.73 | 4.88 | top 6.4% | 364 / 8,934 | |
| 4×4 | 36.88 | 43.58 | top 8.6% | 230 / 4,186 | |
| 2×2 | 2.58 | 3.66 | top 9.7% | 785 / 12,146 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.65 | 22.78 | top 19.6% | 692 / 4,516 | |
| 5×5 | 1:28.44 | 1:33.58 | top 26.0% | 306 / 1,525 | |
| Skewb | 6.12 | 9.09 | top 26.6% | 749 / 3,524 | |
| 6×6 | 3:09.80 | 3:26.74 | early days — 3 solves | 202 / 531 | |
| Clock | 16.17 | 18.57 | top 52.5% | 446 / 1,092 | |
| Square-1 | 34.43 | 47.69 | top 57.5% | 404 / 805 |
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
- 20 Jun 2026Three personal bests in one day at Noida Summer Cube Open 2026.
- 21 Feb 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.25 at Agra Cube Open 2026.
- 21 Feb 2026Four personal bests in one day at Agra Cube Open 2026.
- 11 Jan 2025First sub-15 3×3: 11.52 at Trivandrum Cube Open 2025.
- 11 Jan 2025Six personal bests in one day at Trivandrum Cube Open 2025.
- 28 Sep 2019First competition: HLC Cube Challenge 2019.
Competitions
- Delhi Summer Showdown 2026 · 19 Jul 2026
- Noida Summer Cube Open 2026 · 20 Jun 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Esplanade Cube Open 2026 · 23 May 2026
- Gurugram Cube Open 2026 · 19 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Delhi Cube Open 2026 · 28 Feb 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Agra Cube Open 2026 · 21 Feb 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Noida Winter Cube Open 2025 · 14 Dec 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Trivandrum Cube Open 2025 · 11 Jan 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- C3 Cup Finale 2019 · 28 Dec 2019
- HLC Cube Challenge 2019 · 28 Sep 2019
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.
- Yuvraj Agarwal — met in 39 rounds, finished ahead 21 times
- Ojas Nimaje — met in 39 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
- Aniket Ahuja — met in 38 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.21 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.73 away.
Targets move as he improves.