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Nikhil Bhatia

2×2 · top 48.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2018 · 2018BHAT01

Nikhil Bhatia has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 5.74, set at Oculus Cube Open 2019, puts him in the top 48.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,612th in India. Across 6 competitions since January 2018, he has put 103 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 39.59 in January 2018 to 25.81, a 35% improvement. Nikhil has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 48.1% of 186,767 all-time
5.74
signature single · Oculus Cube Open 2019
103
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
2×25.7410.48
top 48.1%4,612 / 12,146
3×325.8136.20
top 54.4%8,294 / 20,018
Pyraminx10.2515.14
top 55.0%3,713 / 8,934
Skewb14.2622.26
top 75.7%2,272 / 3,524
3×3 one-handed1:56.55
early days — 2 solves4,333 / 4,516
3×3 Fewest Moves72 moves
early days — 1 solve598 / 600

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

Udaan Rubik's Cube Open 2018: 39.59Polyhedra Open 2018: 44.86Indian Nationals 2018: 33.23Phoenix Cube Championship 2018: 25.81KJSCE Mumbai Open 2018: 33.08Oculus Cube Open 2019: 29.3225.8144.8627 Jan 201819 Jan 2019

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-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.74 away.
  • A sub-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 0.81 away.

Targets move as he improves.