People · United States
Nandu Dakka
3×3 · top 5.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2018 · 2018DAKK01
Nandu Dakka has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.21, set at Cobb Cubes and Clocks 2024, puts him in the top 5.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,997th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since May 2018, he has put 227 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 78% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 37.38 in May 2018 to 9.21, a 75% improvement. Nandu has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.21 | 11.43 | top 5.4% | 2,997 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 4.25 | 4.94 | top 29.7% | 11,791 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.54 | 13.77 | top 32.4% | 9,072 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 36.63 | 41.37 | top 60.2% | 8,447 / 15,683 | |
| Skewb | 10.90 | 14.47 | top 60.3% | 11,077 / 18,907 | |
| 4×4 | 1:30.64 | 1:48.41 | top 64.0% | 11,235 / 19,072 |
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
- 11 Jun 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.84 at GA Cubers Pride 2022.
- 11 Jun 2022Three personal bests in one day at GA Cubers Pride 2022.
- 25 May 2019First sub-15 3×3: 14.39 at Peach State 2019.
- 25 May 2019Three personal bests in one day at Peach State 2019.
- 30 Mar 2019First sub-30 3×3: 19.87 at Terminus 2019.
- 30 Mar 2019First sub-20 3×3: 19.87 at Terminus 2019.
Competitions
- CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2025 · 13 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cobb Cubes and Clocks 2024 · 3 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Cuber Jackets Fall 2023 · 15 Oct 2023
- AlphaCubing A 2023 · 6 May 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- GA Cubers Turkey Gobblers 2022 · 19 Nov 2022 — 1 personal best set
- GA Cubers Pride 2022 · 11 Jun 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- GA Cubers Feet Fest 2019 · 14 Dec 2019
- GA Cubers Sunset 2019 · 28 Sep 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Georgia Goobers 2019 · 29 Jun 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Peach State 2019 · 25 May 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Terminus 2019 · 30 Mar 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Atlanta Subdivisions 2018 · 12 May 2018
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.
- Katie Hull — met in 37 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jacob Ambrose — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead once
- Keon Wilson — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.21 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.25 away.
Targets move as he improves.