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Kanav Arora
2×2 · top 8.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since July 2022 · 2022AROR05
Kanav Arora has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.45, set at Gurugram Cube Open 2023, puts him in the top 8.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 680th in India. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since July 2022, he has put 158 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 24% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:03.23 in July 2022 to 24.88, a 61% improvement. Kanav 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.45 | 6.74 | top 8.4% | 680 / 12,146 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.96 | 12.48 | top 27.5% | 1,680 / 8,934 | |
| 3×3 | 24.88 | 29.70 | top 52.3% | 7,918 / 20,018 | |
| Clock | 21.81 | 25.17 | top 69.7% | 642 / 1,092 | |
| Skewb | 14.22 | 18.96 | top 75.6% | 2,265 / 3,524 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:00.28 | — | top 84.0% | 3,506 / 4,516 | |
| Square-1 | 1:48.33 | — | early days — 1 solve | 761 / 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
- 7 Oct 2023Three personal bests in one day at Gurugram Cube Open 2023.
- 2 Sep 2023First sub-30 3×3: 28.80 at SpeedCubing Delhi Open 2023.
- 2 Sep 2023Three personal bests in one day at SpeedCubing Delhi Open 2023.
- 23 Jul 2023Three personal bests in one day at Studio 21 Open Sunday 2023.
- 17 Sep 2022First sub-60 3×3: 43.64 at Delhi Big Cube Open 2022.
- 17 Sep 2022Three personal bests in one day at Delhi Big Cube Open 2022.
Competitions
- Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 2024 · 17 Feb 2024
- Mathsoc Delhi Open 2024 · 3 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Gurugram Cube Open 2023 · 7 Oct 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- SpeedCubing Delhi Open 2023 · 2 Sep 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Speedcubing ESYA 2023 · 26 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Delhi Big Cube Bash 2023 · 30 Jul 2023
- Studio 21 Open Sunday 2023 · 23 Jul 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Moksha Cubing 2023 · 25 Mar 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Delhi Big Cube Open 2022 · 17 Sep 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubing Returns Delhi 2022 · 23 Jul 2022
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.
- Saiyam Jain — met in 54 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Veenayak Bhola — met in 52 rounds, never finished ahead
- Piyush Passi — met in 49 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.45 away.
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 0.96 away.
Targets move as he improves.