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Nabarun Deka

3×3 · top 5.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2013 · 2013DEKA01

Nabarun Deka has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.17, set at 2nd Guwahati Open 2016, puts him in the top 5.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 560th in India. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since September 2013, he has put 327 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 91% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.48 in September 2013 to 9.17, a 41% improvement. Nabarun has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 5.3% of 284,439 all-time
9.17
signature single · 2nd Guwahati Open 2016
327
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 91% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
3×39.1711.16
top 5.3%560 / 20,018
4×437.1443.99
top 8.8%237 / 4,186
2×22.593.84
top 9.8%797 / 12,146
3×3 one-handed16.1520.20
top 10.6%342 / 4,516
3×3 blindfolded2:25.99
early days — 3 solves200 / 598
5×51:50.571:56.34
top 42.9%549 / 1,525
Skewb8.7216.09
top 46.5%1,304 / 3,524
Megaminx2:09.972:28.15
top 51.2%597 / 1,443
Pyraminx12.8415.77
top 72.1%5,238 / 8,934

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

Techniche Cube Open 2013: 15.48Indian Nationals 2014: 11.22First Guwahati Open 2015: 11.842nd Guwahati Open 2016: 9.173rd Guwahati Open 2017: 10.075th Guwahati Open 2019: 11.269.1715.481 Sep 201328 Dec 2019

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.17 away.
  • A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 7.14 away.

Targets move as he improves.