People · United States
Karthik Nagineni
2×2 · top 2.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2023 · 2023NAGI01
Karthik Nagineni has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.48, set at BASC 56 - Bay Area Side Events Day 2024, puts him in the top 2.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 825th in the United States. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since August 2023, he has put 466 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 82% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.45 in August 2023 to 7.59, a 34% improvement. Karthik has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.48 | 2.76 | top 2.1% | 825 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 7.59 | 8.81 | top 2.1% | 1,257 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.11 | 5.80 | top 8.2% | 2,103 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.52 | 17.91 | top 9.2% | 1,221 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 38.07 | 43.57 | top 9.9% | 1,473 / 19,072 | |
| Skewb | 4.11 | 4.97 | top 11.6% | 1,807 / 18,907 | |
| Clock | 8.82 | 10.31 | top 19.1% | 1,454 / 8,927 | |
| Megaminx | 2:05.08 | 2:18.84 | top 48.6% | 3,613 / 7,841 |
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
- 13 Oct 2024Three personal bests in one day at Berkeley Fall 2024.
- 24 Feb 2024Four personal bests in one day at BASC 56 - Bay Area Side Events Day 2024.
- 29 Oct 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.98 at Davis Fall 2023.
- 29 Oct 2023Four personal bests in one day at Davis Fall 2023.
- 26 Aug 2023First competition: Berkeley Summer 2023. A 14.40 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Berkeley Winter 2025 · 8 Feb 2025
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 66 - Belmont 2024 · 9 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Davis Fall 2024 · 20 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley Fall 2024 · 13 Oct 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 64 LIVE - SSF 2024 · 8 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- SacCubing XVII 2024 · 18 May 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 61 - San Jose 2024 · 27 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 60 - Mountain View 2024 · 6 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 59 LIVE - SSF 2024 · 30 Mar 2024
- BASC 56 - Bay Area Side Events Day 2024 · 24 Feb 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Berkeley Winter 2024 · 4 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 55 - San Ramon 2024 · 14 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Berkeley Fall 2023 · 18 Nov 2023
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 54 Live - SSF 2023 · 5 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Davis Fall 2023 · 29 Oct 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 53 - Berkeley 2023 · 14 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley Summer 2023 · 26 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best 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.
- Kenji Gipson-Nahman — met in 90 rounds, finished ahead 22 times
- Sebastian Stone — met in 87 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
- Jonathan Rutenberg — met in 77 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.48 away.
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.59 away.
Targets move as he improves.