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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.

2×2
best event — top 8.4% of 186,767 all-time
2.45
signature single · Gurugram Cube Open 2023
158
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
2×22.456.74
top 8.4%680 / 12,146
Pyraminx6.9612.48
top 27.5%1,680 / 8,934
3×324.8829.70
top 52.3%7,918 / 20,018
Clock21.8125.17
top 69.7%642 / 1,092
Skewb14.2218.96
top 75.6%2,265 / 3,524
3×3 one-handed1:00.28
top 84.0%3,506 / 4,516
Square-11:48.33
early days — 1 solve761 / 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

Cubing Returns Delhi 2022: 1:03.23Delhi Big Cube Open 2022: 43.64Moksha Cubing 2023: 41.74Studio 21 Open Sunday 2023: 33.50Speedcubing ESYA 2023: 30.06SpeedCubing Delhi Open 2023: 28.80Gurugram Cube Open 2023: 24.88Mathsoc Delhi Open 2024: 26.83Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 2024: 29.1724.881:03.2323 Jul 202217 Feb 2024

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-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.