People · Netherlands
Neil Arora
3×3 · top 2.4% of 288,433 all-time · competing since July 2025 · 2025AROR05
Neil Arora has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.73, set at Freezing Fryslân 2025, puts him in the top 2.4% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 71st in the Netherlands. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since July 2025, he has put 52 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 9.08 in July 2025 to 7.73, a 15% improvement. Neil has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Netherlands | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.73 | 9.63 | top 2.4% | 71 / 2,318 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.05 | 6.64 | top 8.0% | 135 / 1,296 | |
| 2×2 | 3.34 | 4.00 | top 18.3% | 417 / 1,680 | |
| 4×4 | 1:01.55 | 1:18.60 | top 38.2% | 372 / 1,009 |
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
- 21 Dec 2025Three personal bests in one day at Freezing Fryslân 2025.
- 19 Jul 2025First competition: Eat Sleep Cube Repeat Leersum 2025. A 9.08 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Freezing Fryslân 2025 · 21 Dec 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Eat Sleep Cube Repeat Leersum 2025 · 19 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Veerle Melis — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Tristan Paulussen — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Gijs Peletier — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.73 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 10,050 people have one; it is 0.05 away.
Targets move as he improves.