People · United States
Nihal Sulam
3×3 · top 4.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2023 · 2023SULA02
Nihal Sulam has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.90, set at Bay Area Speedcubin' 61 - San Jose 2024, puts him in the top 4.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,579th in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since August 2023, he has put 92 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 90% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.86 in August 2023 to 8.90, a 40% improvement. Nihal has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% 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 | 8.90 | 11.09 | top 4.6% | 2,579 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 3.42 | 5.99 | top 19.2% | 7,537 / 40,951 |
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
- 27 Apr 2024First sub-10 3×3: 8.90 at Bay Area Speedcubin' 61 - San Jose 2024.
- 26 Aug 2023First competition: Berkeley Summer 2023. A 14.86 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 65 - Berkeley 2024 · 29 Sep 2024
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 64 LIVE - SSF 2024 · 8 Sep 2024
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 63 - Atherton 2024 · 22 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley Summer 2024 · 9 Jun 2024
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 61 - San Jose 2024 · 27 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley Winter 2024 · 4 Feb 2024
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 55 - San Ramon 2024 · 14 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 52 - Belmont 2023 · 1 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley Summer 2023 · 26 Aug 2023
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.
- Rahul Bollini — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Stanley Tran — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead once
- Sebastian Stone — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.90 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.42 away.
Targets move as he improves.