People · India
Dhruv Nilkanth
3×3 · top 6.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2015 · 2015NILK01
Dhruv Nilkanth has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.78, set at DSK Cube Open 2023, puts him in the top 6.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 729th in India. Until October 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since February 2015, he has put 196 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 97% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 31.00 in February 2015 to 9.78, a 68% improvement. Dhruv has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% 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 | 9.78 | 12.28 | top 6.9% | 729 / 20,018 | |
| 2×2 | 3.51 | 5.07 | top 20.3% | 1,746 / 12,146 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.83 | 9.06 | top 26.5% | 1,613 / 8,934 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 31.82 | 32.59 | top 50.8% | 1,948 / 4,516 | |
| 4×4 | 1:21.61 | 1:28.37 | top 57.2% | 1,971 / 4,186 |
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
- 14 Jan 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.78 at DSK Cube Open 2023.
- 14 Jan 2023Three personal bests in one day at DSK Cube Open 2023.
- 13 Nov 2016Three personal bests in one day at Maharashtra Championship 2016.
- 13 Dec 2015First sub-20 3×3: 14.97 at SCMU-Pune Fall Open V3.0 2015.
- 13 Dec 2015First sub-15 3×3: 14.97 at SCMU-Pune Fall Open V3.0 2015.
- 21 Jun 2015First sub-30 3×3: 25.30 at Pune Fall Open V2.0 2015.
Competitions
- DSK Cube Open 2023 · 14 Jan 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Campeonato de España 2022 · 7 Oct 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- IISER Pune Cube Open 2019 · 17 Mar 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Indian Nationals 2017 · 12 May 2017
- Maharashtra Championship 2016 · 13 Nov 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- SCMU-Pune Fall Open V3.0 2015 · 13 Dec 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Pune Fall Open V2.0 2015 · 21 Jun 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- SP Open 2015 · 28 Feb 2015
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.
- Ansh Iyer — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Chetan Roger Dhanjal — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead once
- Mohit Lulla — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.78 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.51 away.
Targets move as he improves.