People · India
Niket Kulkarni
3×3 · top 13.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2014 · 2014KULK03
Niket Kulkarni has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.90, set at SP Open 2015, puts him in the top 13.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,622nd in India. Across 8 competitions since August 2014, he has put 213 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 94% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.65 in August 2014 to 11.90, a 55% improvement. Niket 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 | India | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 11.90 | 14.59 | top 13.6% | 1,622 / 20,018 | |
| 2×2 | 4.14 | 5.50 | top 28.3% | 2,465 / 12,146 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.44 | 10.04 | top 31.5% | 1,984 / 8,934 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 26.92 | 35.11 | top 39.2% | 1,428 / 4,516 | |
| 4×4 | 1:06.32 | 1:09.47 | top 43.2% | 1,413 / 4,186 | |
| Megaminx | 2:02.51 | 2:23.98 | top 47.1% | 538 / 1,443 | |
| 5×5 | 2:15.84 | 2:28.76 | top 58.7% | 772 / 1,525 | |
| Skewb | 11.27 | 14.92 | top 62.3% | 1,820 / 3,524 |
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
- 1 Sep 2017Four personal bests in one day at SCMU 2017.
- 28 Feb 2015First sub-15 3×3: 11.90 at SP Open 2015.
- 28 Feb 2015Three personal bests in one day at SP Open 2015.
- 16 Jan 2015First sub-20 3×3: 16.15 at Speed Cubing Mumbai Unlimited 2015.
- 16 Jan 2015Five personal bests in one day at Speed Cubing Mumbai Unlimited 2015.
- 18 Oct 2014Four personal bests in one day at DJ Open 2014.
Competitions
- Korum Cube Challenge 2024 · 3 May 2024
- SCMU 2017 · 1 Sep 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Polyhedra Open 2017 · 18 Feb 2017
- SCMU ICT Open 2015 · 22 Mar 2015 — 1 personal best set
- SP Open 2015 · 28 Feb 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- Speed Cubing Mumbai Unlimited 2015 · 16 Jan 2015 — 5 personal bests set
- DJ Open 2014 · 18 Oct 2014 — 4 personal bests set
- National TPoly Rubik's Cube Open 2014 · 24 Aug 2014
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.
- Chetan Roger Dhanjal — met in 41 rounds, never finished ahead
- Neev Shah — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Vinit Nalhe — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.90 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.14 away.
Targets move as he improves.