People · Nepal
Serene Aryal
3×3 · top 2.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2017 · 2017ARYA01
Serene Aryal has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.57, set at DFW Winter Variation 2024, puts him in the top 2.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4th in Nepal. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since December 2017, he has put 360 official solves on the record across five 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 3×3 best has come down from 10.89 in December 2017 to 7.57, a 30% improvement. Serene has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Nepal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.57 | 8.61 | top 2.1% | 4 / 562 | |
| 2×2 | 2.26 | 3.22 | top 6.7% | 13 / 262 | |
| 4×4 | 36.20 | 40.82 | top 7.9% | 7 / 120 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.70 | 22.38 | top 19.7% | 22 / 132 | |
| Pyraminx | 10.02 | 13.76 | top 53.1% | 93 / 193 |
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
- 17 Jun 2022Four personal bests in one day at Welcome Back Nepal 2022.
- 24 May 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.64 at Nepali Nationals 2019.
- 24 May 2019Four personal bests in one day at Nepali Nationals 2019.
- 20 Apr 2019Five personal bests in one day at Cubing Chitwan 2019.
- 24 Dec 2017First competition: Nepal Open 2017. A 14.14 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cubing the Coast MS 2026 · 22 Aug 2026
- Cube Against Cancer LA 2026 · 4 Apr 2026
- IEEE Cubing Nepal 2025 · 19 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- DFW Winter Variation 2024 · 13 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- UCSD Winter 2024 · 7 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Welcome Back Nepal 2022 · 17 Jun 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Nepali Nationals 2019 · 24 May 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Cubing Chitwan 2019 · 20 Apr 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Nepal Open 2017 · 24 Dec 2017 — 2 personal bests 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.
- Raman Shakya — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead 21 times
- Salon Ngakhushi — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
- Aayas Dhoj Joshi — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 27 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.57 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.26 away.
Targets move as he improves.