People · Armenia
Rafayel Ghumashyan
3×3 · top 3.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2025 · 2025GHUM01
Rafayel Ghumashyan has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.25, set at UCLA Spring 2026, puts him in the top 3.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3rd in Armenia. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since August 2025, he has put 59 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.16 in August 2025 to 8.25, a 32% improvement. Rafayel has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Armenia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.25 | 11.83 | top 3.2% | 3 / 210 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.50 | 23.48 | top 13.8% | 5 / 49 | |
| Megaminx | 1:14.84 | 1:24.29 | top 18.6% | 3 / 20 | |
| 4×4 | 51.89 | 55.92 | top 27.0% | 9 / 44 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.09 | 10.36 | top 28.6% | 26 / 96 | |
| 2×2 | 5.60 | 6.61 | top 46.5% | 44 / 108 |
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
- 15 Feb 2026First sub-10 3×3: 8.25 at UCLA Spring 2026.
- 15 Feb 2026Three personal bests in one day at UCLA Spring 2026.
- 24 Aug 2025First competition: UCLA Westerns Warmup 2025. A 14.23 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- City of STEM LA 2026 · 26 Apr 2026
- UCLA Spring 2026 · 15 Feb 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- UCLA Westerns Warmup 2025 · 24 Aug 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.
- Daniel Cho — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Tarun Jagadish — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Franklin Pham — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.25 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 2.50 away.
Targets move as he improves.