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Naman Arora
3×3 · top 8.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2017 · 2017AROR04
Naman Arora has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.39, set at Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 2023, puts him in the top 8.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 977th in India. Until February 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since June 2017, he has put 59 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.90 in June 2017 to 10.39, a 58% improvement. Naman has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% 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 | 10.39 | 12.05 | top 8.6% | 977 / 20,018 | |
| 5×5 | 1:32.74 | 1:48.48 | top 29.6% | 349 / 1,525 | |
| 4×4 | 57.81 | 1:03.24 | top 34.1% | 1,059 / 4,186 | |
| 2×2 | 5.27 | 6.06 | top 42.6% | 3,985 / 12,146 |
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
- 30 Dec 2019First sub-20 3×3: 11.94 at PB Smashathon Delhi 2019.
- 30 Dec 2019First sub-15 3×3: 11.94 at PB Smashathon Delhi 2019.
- 23 Jun 2017First competition: National Cubing Region Open 2017. A 24.90 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Don't Pause in Delhi 2025 · 6 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 2023 · 17 Feb 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- PB Smashathon Delhi 2019 · 30 Dec 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Lord Of The Minx 2017 · 24 Sep 2017 — 1 personal best set
- National Cubing Region Open 2017 · 23 Jun 2017
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.
- Aryan Chhabra — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead
- Saiyam Jain — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Kunal Oak — met in 10 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.39 away.
- A sub-1:30 5×5 single — 11,140 people have one; it is 2.74 away.
Targets move as he improves.