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Niam Choksi

2×2 · top 6.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2022 · 2022CHOK04

Niam Choksi has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.25, set at ALL1- Pittsburgh 2023, puts him in the top 6.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,616th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 34 competitions since October 2022, he has put 600 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 75% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.67 in December 2022 to 12.58, a 56% improvement. Niam has entered 34 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 6.6% of 186,767 all-time
2.25
signature single · ALL1- Pittsburgh 2023
600
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 75% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×22.254.65
top 6.6%2,616 / 40,951
Pyraminx4.768.16
top 11.7%3,043 / 28,708
3×312.5815.03
top 15.9%8,542 / 59,724
Skewb5.4010.31
top 21.2%3,387 / 18,907
Clock11.6118.90
top 33.1%2,610 / 8,927
4×41:20.321:45.60
top 56.2%9,646 / 19,072
Megaminx2:38.15—
top 65.2%4,972 / 7,841
3×3 one-handed57.451:06.98
top 82.4%12,293 / 15,683

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

Pittsburgh Fall 2022: 28.67Ohio State RPAC Cube Clash 2023: 25.51You Only Need a 3x3 AZ 2023: 21.00NA Stadium Series - Cleveland 2023: 23.36Bulldog Spring 2023: 19.65CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 18.93Newark's On Track 2023: 14.04Bulldog Fall 2023: 14.88CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2023: 16.08ALL1- Pittsburgh 2023: 15.47Eastwood Cubing 2024: 12.87Bulldog Winter 2024: 12.58Plum Puzzles 2024: 14.70Washtenaw Qualifiers 2024: 14.16Green Spring 2024: 16.76Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024: 16.06Eastwood Mall Summer 2024: 14.40Fast in Fayette 2024: 15.05Pittsburgh Winter 2025: 17.77Green Winter 2025: 18.79Erie Spring 2025: 17.52Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 12.88Doing Time in Moundsville 2025: 12.94Northern Tier Twist 2025: 14.40New Martinsville Newcomers 2026: 15.44Cube Against Cancer Pittsburgh 2026: 15.54Northern Tier Twist 2026: 15.72Presidential Puzzles in PA 2026: 16.25Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026: 15.09Tartan Twist PA 2026: 15.4412.5828.6717 Dec 202229 Aug 2026

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.

  • Dev Choksi — met in 151 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
  • Sean Cutshaw — met in 100 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Xavier Ye — met in 97 rounds, never finished ahead

Next targets

  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.25 away.
  • A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.76 away.

Targets move as he improves.