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Arsalan Niknafs (ارسلان نیک نفس)

3×3 · top 41.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2016 · 2016NIKN01

Arsalan Niknafs (ارسلان نیک نفس) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 20.38, set at Iran Nationals 2016, puts him in the top 41.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 569th in Iran. Across 2 competitions since April 2016, he has put 34 official solves on the record across four events. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.69 in April 2016 to 20.38, a 10% improvement. Arsalan has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 41.0% of 284,439 all-time
20.38
signature single · Iran Nationals 2016
34
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIran
3×320.3824.59
top 41.0%569 / 1,569
2×26.277.41
top 53.6%421 / 856
Pyraminx10.5511.56
top 57.2%252 / 500
4×41:56.622:10.85
top 80.1%233 / 295

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

Iran Grand Prix 2016: 22.69Iran Nationals 2016: 20.3820.3822.6914 Apr 201622 Jul 2016

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-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 0.38 away.
  • A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 0.27 away.

Targets move as he improves.