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Paarth Arora
Skewb · top 1.3% of 73,281 all-time · competing since December 2014 · 2014AROR06
Paarth Arora has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 1.98, set at SCMU 2017, puts him in the top 1.3% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 28th in India. Until December 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 21 competitions since December 2014, he has put 1,032 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 69% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.40 in December 2014 to 7.66, a 64% improvement. Paarth has entered 21 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | India | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 1.98 | 3.31 | top 1.3% | 28 / 3,524 | |
| 3×3 | 7.66 | 9.34 | top 2.2% | 210 / 20,018 | |
| 2×2 | 1.59 | 2.30 | top 2.6% | 191 / 12,146 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.07 | 4.70 | top 3.9% | 223 / 8,934 | |
| Square-1 | 8.84 | 12.86 | top 4.3% | 21 / 805 | |
| 4×4 | 34.63 | 37.93 | top 6.4% | 172 / 4,186 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.40 | 24.63 | top 16.2% | 549 / 4,516 | |
| 5×5 | 1:44.28 | 1:52.86 | top 38.5% | 481 / 1,525 | |
| Megaminx | 1:56.59 | 2:14.56 | top 43.9% | 495 / 1,443 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 41 moves | — | top 51.8% | 252 / 600 |
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
- 2 Jul 2023Four personal bests in one day at Pickering Side Events 2023.
- 25 May 2018Four personal bests in one day at Indian Nationals 2018.
- 28 Oct 2017Seven personal bests in one day at Avenues Rubik's Cube Open 2017.
- 24 Sep 2017Four personal bests in one day at Lord Of The Minx 2017.
- 1 Sep 2017Five personal bests in one day at SCMU 2017.
- 17 Jun 2016First sub-10 3×3: 9.76 at SCMU 2016.
Competitions
- Appleby Fall A 2023 · 23 Sep 2023
- NCR Favourites 2023 · 17 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Ajax 3x3x3 Evening 2023 · 26 Aug 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Pickering Side Events 2023 · 2 Jul 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Phoenix Marketcity Cube Challenge 2019 · 10 Aug 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Indian Nationals 2018 · 25 May 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Versatile Cube Open 2018 · 29 Apr 2018
- Avenues Rubik's Cube Open 2017 · 28 Oct 2017 — 7 personal bests set
- Lord Of The Minx 2017 · 24 Sep 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- SCMU 2017 · 1 Sep 2017 — 5 personal bests set
- Mumbai Monsoon Open 2017 · 16 Jul 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- SCMU 2016 · 17 Jun 2016 — 8 personal bests set
- Indian Nationals 2016 · 25 Mar 2016 — 4 personal bests set
- SCMU ICT Open 2016 · 12 Mar 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- SCMU Open 2016 · 6 Feb 2016 — 5 personal bests set
- Avenues CUBELELO Open 2015 · 31 Oct 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- SCMU Freedom Open 2015 · 15 Aug 2015 — 6 personal bests set
- SCMU Juhu Open 2015 · 28 Jun 2015 — 4 personal bests set
- SCMU ICT Open 2015 · 22 Mar 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Speed Cubing Mumbai Unlimited 2015 · 16 Jan 2015 — 4 personal bests set
- Mumbai Open 2014 · 28 Dec 2014
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.
- Nikhil Soares — met in 196 rounds, finished ahead 79 times
- Chetan Roger Dhanjal — met in 151 rounds, finished ahead 45 times
- Alaik Bhatia — met in 144 rounds, finished ahead 53 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 Skewb single — 35 people have one; it is 0.98 away.
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.66 away.
Targets move as he improves.