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Neel Mehta

2×2 · top 0.29% of 186,767 all-time · competing since February 2012 · 2012MEHT01

Neel Mehta has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.85, set at Mumbai Summer Open 2014, puts him in the top 0.29% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 14th in India. Until November 2011, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since February 2012, he has put 599 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 51% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 4.75 in October 2012 to 0.85, an 82% improvement. Neel has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.29% of 186,767 all-time
0.85
signature single · Mumbai Summer Open 2014
599
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 51% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
2×20.854.23
top 0.29%14 / 12,146
Pyraminx3.946.53
top 7.4%420 / 8,934
3×312.8317.35
top 16.8%2,082 / 20,018
4×455.801:02.82
top 31.7%972 / 4,186
Skewb6.8610.48
top 32.5%916 / 3,524
Clock12.8115.88
top 38.8%330 / 1,092
3×3 one-handed27.3833.81
top 40.3%1,480 / 4,516
3×3 blindfolded2:41.63
top 46.9%222 / 598
5×51:58.002:11.51
top 48.0%623 / 1,525
3×3 Fewest Moves44 moves50.67
top 62.5%314 / 600
Megaminx2:49.063:07.20
top 69.8%826 / 1,443
6×64:45.154:56.34
top 78.5%405 / 531
7×78:26.678:50.11
top 91.1%325 / 360
Square-12:18.99
early days — 1 solve786 / 805

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

DJ SpeedCubing Open 2012: 4.75Techfest Cube Mania 2013: 7.27DJ Open 2013: 4.43Bombay Open 2013: 2.09Mumbai Summer Open 2014: 0.85Indian Nationals 2014: 3.24Mumbai Open 2014: 2.32SP Open 2015: 3.59SCMU 2016: 3.32SCMU 2017: 4.31Battle of Waterloo 2018: 4.550.857.2713 Oct 201221 Jul 2018

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.94 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.83 away.

Targets move as he improves.