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Karthik Arun

2×2 · top 42.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2024 · 2024ARUN04

Karthik Arun has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 5.27, set at Six Face Cube Run at TRINS 2025, puts him in the top 42.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,985th in India. Across 4 competitions since August 2024, he has put 67 official solves on the record across five events. His 2×2 best has come down from 9.19 in August 2024 to 5.27, a 43% improvement. Karthik has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 42.6% of 186,767 all-time
5.27
signature single · Six Face Cube Run at TRINS 2025
67
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
2×25.2710.16
top 42.6%3,985 / 12,146
Pyraminx8.7510.50
top 42.7%2,769 / 8,934
3×323.1229.57
top 48.2%7,114 / 20,018
Skewb12.0713.81
top 66.3%1,955 / 3,524
Megaminx3:32.12
early days — 1 solve1,057 / 1,443

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

mcubes Alleppey Open 2024: 9.19SABA Cube Open Kerala 2024: 7.50Trivandrum Cube Open 2025: 5.89Six Face Cube Run at TRINS 2025: 5.275.279.193 Aug 20247 Dec 2025

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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.

  • Ritesh R Nair — met in 15 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Milan S. Raj — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead twice
  • Varun M — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead twice

Next targets

  • A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.27 away.
  • A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 46,752 people have one; it is 0.75 away.

Targets move as he improves.