People · India
Nakula Neeraje
3×3 · top 1.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2015 · 2015NEER01
Nakula Neeraje has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.38, set at Nexus Summer Open Bangalore Saturday 2023, puts him in the top 1.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 164th in India. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since May 2015, he has put 187 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 56% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.24 in May 2015 to 7.38, a 44% improvement. Nakula has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% 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 | 7.38 | 9.39 | top 1.8% | 164 / 20,018 | |
| 4×4 | 29.34 | 36.01 | top 2.4% | 62 / 4,186 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 13.07 | 16.70 | top 4.5% | 135 / 4,516 | |
| 2×2 | 2.39 | 3.41 | top 7.9% | 625 / 12,146 | |
| 5×5 | 1:26.53 | 1:38.14 | top 24.5% | 284 / 1,525 |
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
- 27 May 2023Four personal bests in one day at Nexus Summer Open Bangalore Saturday 2023.
- 9 Mar 2018Four personal bests in one day at Anaadyanta Cube Open 2018.
- 11 Mar 2017First sub-10 3×3: 8.68 at Anaadyanta Cube Open 2017.
- 11 Mar 2017Three personal bests in one day at Anaadyanta Cube Open 2017.
- 29 May 2015First competition: Indian Nationals 2015. A 14.92 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Mumbai Twistathon 2025 · 7 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Nexus Summer Open Bangalore Saturday 2023 · 27 May 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Anaadyanta Cube Open 2018 · 9 Mar 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Anaadyanta Cube Open 2017 · 11 Mar 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Brain Studio Cube Open 2015 · 29 Aug 2015
- Indian Nationals 2015 · 29 May 2015 — 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.
- Naren Ramesh — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
- Abhijeet Ghodgaonkar (अभिजीत घोडगावकर) — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Vikram Pramod — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.38 away.
- A sub-25 4×4 single — 588 people have one; it is 4.34 away.
Targets move as he improves.