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Nikhil Kannan

3×3 · top 39.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2023 · 2023KANN05

Nikhil Kannan has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 19.68, set at Empire State Fall Favorites 2023, puts him in the top 39.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 22,070th in the United States. Across 6 competitions since August 2023, he has put 74 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.00 in August 2023 to 19.68, a 14% improvement. Nikhil has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 39.0% of 284,439 all-time
19.68
signature single · Empire State Fall Favorites 2023
74
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×319.6824.17
top 39.0%22,070 / 59,724
2×25.518.18
top 45.4%18,362 / 40,951
Pyraminx10.3017.46
top 55.4%16,185 / 28,708

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

Chemung Cubing 2023: 23.00Pretzel Mania Summer 2023: 20.26Empire State Fall Favorites 2023: 19.68GCU Winter 2024: 28.13Spring into Summit 2024: 23.89North Jersey Speedsolving A 2024: 26.9519.6828.135 Aug 202311 May 2024

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.

  • Kerry Go — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
  • Ernie Pulchny — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Zach Ridall — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead

Next targets

  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 4.68 away.
  • A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.51 away.

Targets move as he improves.