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Nihal Gorthi

3×3 · top 26.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2022 · 2022GORT02

Nihal Gorthi has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 15.61, set at River Hill Fall 2023, puts him in the top 26.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 14,474th in the United States. Across 5 competitions since October 2022, he has put 90 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 8% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.03 in October 2022 to 15.61, a 29% improvement. Nihal has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 26.5% of 284,439 all-time
15.61
signature single · River Hill Fall 2023
90
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×315.6118.40
top 26.5%14,474 / 59,724
2×25.445.70
top 44.6%17,998 / 40,951
4×41:16.371:34.19
top 52.8%8,961 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed35.6442.19
top 58.4%8,150 / 15,683
Megaminx2:54.83
early days — 3 solves5,600 / 7,841
Skewb14.7923.44
top 77.6%14,790 / 18,907

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

Think In Fink Fall 2022: 22.03TJHSST Spring 2023: 18.23Slow N Steady Fall 2023: 17.68River Hill Fall 2023: 15.61Cubing at Carson 2024: 17.7315.6122.031 Oct 20224 May 2024

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 0.61 away.
  • A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.44 away.

Targets move as he improves.