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Paarth Chhabra

3×3 · top 1.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2014 · 2014CHHA01

Paarth Chhabra has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.90, set at Cubing Returns Delhi 2022, puts him in the top 1.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 110th in India. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 30 competitions since October 2014, he has put 1,386 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 53% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 44.34 in October 2014 to 6.90, an 84% improvement. Paarth has entered 30 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.2% of 284,439 all-time
6.90
signature single · Cubing Returns Delhi 2022
1,386
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 53% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
3×36.908.57
top 1.2%110 / 20,018
3×3 one-handed11.1414.15
top 2.0%55 / 4,516
2×21.532.95
top 2.3%167 / 12,146
Skewb2.515.01
top 2.9%59 / 3,524
Pyraminx2.804.64
top 3.0%157 / 8,934
Megaminx51.811:02.18
top 5.9%42 / 1,443
4×439.1043.99
top 11.1%294 / 4,186
5×51:10.601:18.20
top 12.0%136 / 1,525
3×3 Fewest Moves29 moves32.33
top 12.2%32 / 600
7×73:58.324:33.37
top 30.0%93 / 360
6×62:44.942:58.28
top 33.4%135 / 531
3×3 Multi-Blind4 of 4 cubes · 39:45—
early days — 1 solve66 / 168
Square-130.0438.61
top 49.4%341 / 805
3×3 blindfolded3:01.224:24.89
top 52.8%264 / 598
Clock22.9831.56
top 72.5%677 / 1,092

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 V1.0 2014: 44.34PB Smashathon 2015: 25.00MathSoc Open 2015: 13.76National Cubing Region Open 2015: 14.99Akash Open 2015: 14.12Delhi Autumn Open 2015: 12.60Plenty o' Parity 2015: 11.49Great Indian Cubeathon 2016: 11.61MathSoc Open 2016: 11.22Indian Nationals 2016: 11.53National Cubing Region Open 2016: 9.29Delhi Open 2017: 10.73Delhi Cube Splash 2017: 10.09Speedcubing ESYA 2017: 9.05Delhi Cubing Heat Wave 2018: 9.76IIT Kanpur Open 2019: 7.58Cubing Returns Delhi 2022: 6.90Howrah Cube Open 2022: 8.43Mathsoc Delhi Open 2023: 10.75Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 2023: 8.60Mathsoc Delhi Open 2024: 9.14Delhi Cube Open 2025: 8.616.9044.3425 Oct 20148 Mar 2025

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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.90 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 one-handed single — 779 people have one; it is 1.14 away.

Targets move as he improves.