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Harsh Arvind Shelwatkar

3×3 one-handed · top 0.31% of 73,695 all-time · competing since March 2016 · 2016SHEL02

Harsh Arvind Shelwatkar has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 8.48, set at Twist 'n Turn Hyd Open 2026, puts him in the top 0.31% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7th in India. Until May 2015, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 52 competitions since March 2016, he has put 1,735 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 71% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.30 in March 2016 to 6.12, a 71% improvement. Harsh has entered 52 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 one-handed
best event — top 0.31% of 73,695 all-time
8.48
signature single · Twist 'n Turn Hyd Open 2026
1,735
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 71% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
3×3 one-handed8.4810.57
top 0.31%7 / 4,516
3×36.127.94
top 0.56%49 / 20,018
2×21.323.04
top 1.4%97 / 12,146
4×430.3334.05
top 3.0%75 / 4,186
5×51:02.381:11.42
top 6.8%74 / 1,525
Skewb4.679.62
top 15.7%427 / 3,524
Pyraminx5.539.87
top 16.6%979 / 8,934
3×3 Fewest Moves33 moves36.33
top 23.4%88 / 600
6×63:19.123:41.37
early days — 3 solves231 / 531
Megaminx3:05.99—
early days — 1 solve934 / 1,443
7×78:36.469:20.49
top 92.0%331 / 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

SCMU ICT Open 2016: 21.30Cubing ATMOSphere 2016: 12.84P3 Grand Open 2016: 11.95P3 Grand Open - Feb 2017: 11.40Indian Nationals 2017: 10.64Deccan Cube Open - August 2017: 10.90Cubing ATMOSphere 2017: 9.46Hyderabad Cube Open 2018: 9.56Varsha Ritu Cube Open 2018: 9.84Geethanjali Monsoon Open 2018: 9.49Cubing ATMOSphere 2018: 9.25Cubing For LLS Summer 2019: 8.87Deccan Cube Open July 2019: 8.80Hyderabad Summer Open 2022: 7.36Cubing Returns Pune 2022: 7.55DSK Cube Open 2023: 8.58Pavillion Cube Open 2023: 9.12Hyderabad Cube Open 2023: 7.43Pune Cube Fiesta 2023: 7.90IISER Pune Winter Open 2024: 8.54Odd Day In Delhi 2024: 7.74Only 3x3s in Hyderabad 2025: 7.66Cubing Returns to PCMC 2025: 7.95Saraswati College Cube Open 2025: 7.37IISER Pune Summer Open 2025: 7.70Nalsar Cube Open D 2025: 7.79Only 3x3's in Bangalore 2025: 8.01AMR Planet Cube Open 2025: 6.32Only 3x3's in Academyium Bangalore 2025: 6.31Ashoka One Mall Sat Open 2025: 7.33Galleria Bangalore Cube Open B 2025: 7.83Don't Pause in Delhi 2025: 7.02Bangalore Mini July 2025: 7.16South India Cube Championship 2025: 6.90Twist 'n Turn Hyd Open 2025: 7.06IISER Pune October Heat 2025: 6.52Delhi Autumn Showdown 2025: 6.67Cubing ATMOSphere 2025: 8.19DC Hyderabad Winter Open 2025: 6.91Delhi Cube Open 2026: 7.51DC Hyderabad Open March D 2026: 8.75Only 3x3s in Hyderabad May 2026: 7.87Cubing Returns Nagpur 2026: 6.12Twist 'n Turn Hyd Open 2026: 7.266.1221.3012 Mar 201629 Aug 2026

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-8 3×3 one-handed single — 151 people have one; it is 0.48 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.12 away.

Targets move as he improves.