People · United States
Nikhil Bayana
3×3 · top 47.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2024 · 2024BAYA03
Nikhil Bayana has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 22.83, set at Bay Area Side Events Day 2025, puts him in the top 47.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 27,552nd in the United States. Across 6 competitions since April 2024, he has put 45 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 31.75 in April 2024 to 22.83, a 28% improvement. Nikhil has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% 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 | 22.83 | 27.94 | top 47.5% | 27,552 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 8.69 | 9.04 | top 71.9% | 29,680 / 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-30 3×3: 23.34 at Bay Area Speedcubin' 61 - San Jose 2024.
- 6 Apr 2024First competition: Bay Area Speedcubin' 60 - Mountain View 2024. A 31.75 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- EVO Sports Expo Cubing - Santa Clara 2025 · 12 Apr 2025
- Bay Area Side Events Day 2025 · 23 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 64 LIVE - SSF 2024 · 8 Sep 2024
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 63 - Atherton 2024 · 22 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 61 - San Jose 2024 · 27 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 60 - Mountain View 2024 · 6 Apr 2024
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.
- Calvin Nielson — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ruby Lu (卢红) — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead
- Shubhaay Mehta — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 2.83 away.
- A sub-8 2×2 single — 126,624 people have one; it is 0.69 away.
Targets move as he improves.