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Nikhil Charles

3×3 · top 12.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2008 · 2008CHAR03

Nikhil Charles has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.50, set at Dixon Open 2012, puts him in the top 12.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6,544th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since October 2008, he has put 88 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 18% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.00 in October 2008 to 11.50, an 18% improvement. Nikhil has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 12.2% of 284,439 all-time
11.50
signature single · Dixon Open 2012
88
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×311.5014.72
top 12.2%6,544 / 59,724
2×23.476.42
top 19.8%7,791 / 40,951
3×3 blindfolded1:24.69
top 21.3%433 / 2,092
4×41:11.771:27.80
top 48.6%8,119 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed31.9436.54
top 51.0%7,041 / 15,683
5×52:59.933:09.18
top 78.0%7,052 / 9,401

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

Wisconsin Open 2008: 14.00Chicago Open 2010: 12.15Dixon Open 2012: 11.5011.5014.004 Oct 200816 Jun 2012

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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.50 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.47 away.

Targets move as he improves.