People · Norway
Pugalan Aravinthan
Skewb · top 0.92% of 73,281 all-time · competing since March 2019 · 2019ARAV02
Pugalan Aravinthan has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 1.80, set at Romerike Easter Open 2024, puts him in the top 0.92% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9th in Norway. Until July 2015, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 19 competitions since March 2019, he has put 919 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 66% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His Pyraminx best has come down from 12.31 in August 2019 to 3.31, a 73% improvement. Pugalan has entered 19 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 | Norway | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 1.80 | 3.51 | top 0.92% | 9 / 531 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.31 | 5.20 | top 4.7% | 54 / 865 | |
| 2×2 | 2.54 | 3.68 | top 9.3% | 141 / 1,202 | |
| Square-1 | 13.06 | 15.85 | top 12.0% | 19 / 153 | |
| 3×3 | 12.01 | 13.78 | top 13.9% | 222 / 1,609 | |
| Clock | 8.05 | 9.58 | top 15.4% | 35 / 241 | |
| 4×4 | 43.80 | 52.32 | top 16.8% | 84 / 590 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.21 | 25.06 | top 18.4% | 82 / 513 | |
| Megaminx | 1:38.05 | 1:50.90 | top 33.4% | 67 / 262 | |
| 5×5 | 1:51.13 | 1:57.59 | top 43.4% | 119 / 318 | |
| 6×6 | 4:33.85 | — | early days — 1 solve | 94 / 136 | |
| 7×7 | 7:19.69 | — | early days — 1 solve | 81 / 115 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 52 moves | — | top 83.5% | 101 / 117 |
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, Pyraminx. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 9 Aug 2025Three personal bests in one day at Kublördag Landvetter II: 2025.
- 5 Jul 2025Three personal bests in one day at Kublördag Landvetter I: 2025.
- 3 Aug 2024Three personal bests in one day at Bergen Open 2024.
- 23 Mar 2024Three personal bests in one day at Romerike Easter Open 2024.
- 1 Apr 2023Three personal bests in one day at Romerike Easter Open 2023.
- 14 Oct 2022Four personal bests in one day at Kjeller Open 2022.
Competitions
- Kjeller Open 2025 · 8 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Kublördag Landvetter II: 2025 · 9 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Kublördag Landvetter I: 2025 · 5 Jul 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Bergen Open 2024 · 3 Aug 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Romerike Easter Open 2024 · 23 Mar 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Romerike Easter Open 2023 · 1 Apr 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Kjeller Open 2022 · 14 Oct 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Norwegian Championship 2022 · 22 Jul 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA European Championship 2022 · 14 Jul 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Oslo Open 2022 · 24 Jun 2022 — 9 personal bests set
- Romerike Easter Open 2022 · 9 Apr 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Norwegian Championship 2021 · 12 Nov 2021 — 5 personal bests set
- Sandnes Open 2021 · 16 Oct 2021 — 3 personal bests set
- Sandnes Open 2020 · 19 Sep 2020 — 4 personal bests set
- Bergen Open 2020 · 2 Aug 2020 — 3 personal bests set
- Popular 'n Blind Flen 2020 · 31 Jan 2020 — 3 personal bests set
- Kjeller Open 2019 · 2 Nov 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- SSL 3 Varberg 2019 · 3 Aug 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Norwegian Championship 2019 · 29 Mar 2019
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.
- Stian Nystad Østli — met in 162 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
- Filip Nilsen — met in 152 rounds, finished ahead 26 times
- Ulrik Bredland — met in 143 rounds, finished ahead 37 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 Skewb single — 35 people have one; it is 0.80 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.31 away.
Targets move as he improves.