People · United States
Nikash Vari
3×3 · top 7.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2019 · 2019VARI02
Nikash Vari has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.08, set at Bluegrass Spring 2022, puts him in the top 7.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,239th in the United States. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since December 2019, he has put 122 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 69% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 34.36 in December 2019 to 10.08, a 71% improvement. Nikash has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% 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 | 10.08 | 12.48 | top 7.7% | 4,239 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.74 | 4.23 | top 11.4% | 4,481 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 56.42 | 1:15.89 | top 32.4% | 5,149 / 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
- 20 Nov 2021First sub-30 3×3: 13.90 at Pittsburgh Fall 2021.
- 20 Nov 2021First sub-20 3×3: 13.90 at Pittsburgh Fall 2021.
- 20 Nov 2021First sub-15 3×3: 13.90 at Pittsburgh Fall 2021.
- 14 Dec 2019First competition: Indianapolis Cubes Winter 2019. A 34.36 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Swoop in and Solve Oxford 2023 · 17 Sep 2023
- Ohio State RPAC Cube Clash 2023 · 18 Feb 2023
- Ohio State Fall Scarlet 2022 · 30 Oct 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Bluegrass Fall 2022 · 24 Sep 2022
- Bluegrass Spring 2022 · 11 Jun 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Gem City 2022 · 9 Jan 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Pittsburgh Fall 2021 · 20 Nov 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Indianapolis Cubes Winter 2019 · 14 Dec 2019
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.
- Braden Richards — met in 20 rounds, never finished ahead
- Keenan Darkins — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Liam Kim — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.08 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.74 away.
Targets move as he improves.