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Surya Arun
3×3 · top 1.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2019 · 2019ARUN02
Surya Arun has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.78, set at Bangalore Cube Open 2024, puts him in the top 1.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 101st in India. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since March 2019, he has put 356 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 60% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.26 in March 2019 to 6.78, a 52% improvement. Surya 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 | India | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 6.78 | 8.00 | top 1.1% | 101 / 20,018 | |
| 4×4 | 27.59 | 31.11 | top 1.6% | 38 / 4,186 | |
| 5×5 | 49.48 | 59.06 | top 1.6% | 18 / 1,525 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 12.28 | 15.41 | top 3.4% | 102 / 4,516 | |
| 2×2 | 2.11 | 3.31 | top 5.5% | 420 / 12,146 | |
| Skewb | 4.36 | 8.45 | top 13.4% | 363 / 3,524 | |
| 6×6 | 2:12.02 | 2:26.67 | early days — 3 solves | 74 / 531 | |
| Megaminx | 1:11.45 | 1:22.37 | top 16.5% | 154 / 1,443 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.01 | 8.82 | top 20.1% | 1,201 / 8,934 | |
| 7×7 | 3:56.86 | 4:12.43 | early days — 3 solves | 91 / 360 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 4:48.72 | — | early days — 3 solves | 412 / 598 |
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
- 21 Dec 2024Seven personal bests in one day at Bangalore Cube Open 2024.
- 30 Mar 2024Three personal bests in one day at Bangalore Newcomers 2024.
- 9 Mar 2024Three personal bests in one day at Big N Blind Bangalore March 2024.
- 29 Jul 2023Six personal bests in one day at Bangalore Cube Open July 2023.
- 27 May 2023Five personal bests in one day at Nexus Summer Open Bangalore Saturday 2023.
- 29 Feb 2020First sub-10 3×3: 8.45 at Babylon Winter 2020.
Competitions
- Bangalore Cube Open 2024 · 21 Dec 2024 — 7 personal bests set
- Bangalore Newcomers 2024 · 30 Mar 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Big N Blind Bangalore March 2024 · 9 Mar 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Bangalore Cube Open July 2023 · 29 Jul 2023 — 6 personal bests set
- Nexus Summer Open Bangalore Saturday 2023 · 27 May 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Nexus Winter Open 2022 · 26 Nov 2022
- Pennsylvania Championship 2022 · 17 Jun 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Babylon Winter 2020 · 29 Feb 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- SBU Spring 2019 · 31 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.
- Vivek Prasad Mada — met in 49 rounds, finished ahead 47 times
- Mikul Chanakya — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead 25 times
- Aadhiran Thangarathan — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead 29 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.78 away.
- A sub-25 4×4 single — 588 people have one; it is 2.59 away.
Targets move as he improves.