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Naman Jain

2×2 · top 0.98% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2016 · 2016JAIN04

Naman Jain has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.18, set at Hyderabad Cube Open 2019, puts him in the top 0.98% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 62nd in India. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 35 competitions since January 2016, he has put 1,770 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 55% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:17.30 in January 2016 to 7.88, a 90% improvement. Naman has entered 35 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.98% of 186,767 all-time
1.18
signature single · Hyderabad Cube Open 2019
1,770
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 55% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
2×21.182.06
top 0.98%62 / 12,146
Pyraminx2.274.39
top 1.6%84 / 8,934
Skewb2.385.28
top 2.5%48 / 3,524
3×37.888.88
top 2.6%242 / 20,018
4×429.5938.94
top 2.6%63 / 4,186
3×3 one-handed12.6216.32
top 3.8%115 / 4,516
Clock7.5513.08
top 13.1%105 / 1,092
Square-114.4518.33
top 15.2%95 / 805
5×51:15.041:23.12
top 15.4%165 / 1,525
Megaminx1:17.911:32.40
top 20.5%195 / 1,443
3×3 blindfolded1:39.86—
top 26.5%109 / 598
6×62:57.553:30.36
top 39.9%167 / 531
3×3 Fewest Moves38 moves44.00
top 40.9%179 / 600

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

Shaastra Cube Open 2016: 1:17.30Cube On Bengaluru 2016: 55.96P3 Grand Open 2016: 32.59Anaadyanta Cube Open 2017: 20.64IIA Summer Open April 2017: 18.19IIA Summer Open - May 2017: 21.44ICC Juniors August 2017: 13.30NIT Trichy Open 2017: 13.42Indian Cube Challenge 2017: 13.02APJ BLD Open 2017: 14.42Shaastra Cube Open 2018: 11.98Aboard the Pyraminx Train 2018: 11.25Anaadyanta Cube Open 2018: 11.35Hyderabad Cube Open 2018: 10.56Oakridge Cube Open - April 2018: 10.48City of Joy Open 2018: 10.55Bengaluru Championship 2018: 10.59WCA Asian Championship 2018: 8.32Bangalore Open 2018: 8.76Cubing ATMOSphere 2018: 8.66Bengaluru Winter Open 2018: 9.36KK Charity Cube Open 2018: 9.58Anaadyanta Cube Open 2019: 8.35Bengaluru Cool Down 2019: 8.38Guwahati Summer Open 2019: 8.00Bengaluru Summer Open 2019: 9.09mcubes Open 2019: 7.97Hyderabad Cube Open 2019: 8.27Raipur Cube Carnival 2019: 8.34Quark Cubix Challenge 2020: 7.88Cubing Comes To Pondy 2022: 8.957.881:17.3023 Jan 201621 Aug 2022

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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.18 away.
  • A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.27 away.

Targets move as he improves.