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Bimal Mahara

2×2 · top 7.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since June 2018 · 2018MAHA06

Bimal Mahara has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.38, set at Nepali Nationals 2019, puts him in the top 7.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 15th in Nepal. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since June 2018, he has put 364 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 54% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.05 in June 2018 to 14.88, a 35% improvement. Bimal has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 7.8% of 186,767 all-time
2.38
signature single · Nepali Nationals 2019
364
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 54% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNepal
2×22.385.46
top 7.8%15 / 262
Pyraminx4.237.35
top 8.8%13 / 193
Megaminx1:16.621:23.88
top 19.7%10 / 39
3×314.8816.67
top 24.0%104 / 562
3×3 one-handed23.7931.90
top 30.9%42 / 132
4×41:02.081:12.48
top 38.7%40 / 120
Skewb7.9011.25
top 40.5%45 / 96
5×52:36.722:50.39
top 68.9%30 / 42

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

GhanaTantra 2018: 23.05Cube Mahotsav 2018: 16.38Nepal Open 2018: 18.08Cube Sankranti 2019: 17.09Nepali Nationals 2019: 14.88Kavre Open 2019: 15.63Welcome Back Nepal 2022: 14.97KUbing Nepal 2023: 16.3514.8823.052 Jun 20182 Dec 2023

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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.38 away.
  • A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.23 away.

Targets move as he improves.