People · India
Moksh Nihalani
3×3 · top 9.1% of 288,433 all-time · competing since September 2023 · 2023NIHA01
Moksh Nihalani has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.53, set at Mumbai Cube Challenge 2025, puts him in the top 9.1% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,037th in India. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since September 2023, he has put 78 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. Moksh has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% 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 | 10.53 | 12.82 | top 9.1% | 1,037 / 20,146 | |
| 2×2 | 3.90 | 4.93 | top 25.3% | 2,207 / 12,225 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.17 | 28.22 | top 26.6% | 961 / 4,534 | |
| 4×4 | 1:11.19 | 1:13.86 | top 48.1% | 1,617 / 4,220 | |
| Square-1 | 32.05 | 53.94 | top 53.4% | 377 / 813 | |
| Clock | 32.16 | — | early days — 1 solve | 889 / 1,109 | |
| Pyraminx | 27.10 | 32.19 | top 97.6% | 8,421 / 8,971 |
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
- 30 Sep 2023First competition: Growel's 101 Cube Open 2023. A 10.93 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- UCSB Favorites 2025 · 1 Nov 2025
- Mumbai Cube Challenge 2025 · 15 Feb 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Indian Nationals 2023 · 15 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Growel's 101 Cube Open 2023 · 30 Sep 2023
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.
- Aman Kumar — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Abhijeet Ghodgaonkar (अभिजीत घोडगावकर) — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead once
- Pranav Dandgaval — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.53 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.90 away.
Targets move as he improves.