People · United States
Nikhil Kosanam
3×3 · top 10.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2022 · 2022KOSA01
Nikhil Kosanam has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.85, set at Westport Warmup 2023, puts him in the top 10.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,437th in the United States. Across 17 competitions since June 2022, he has put 395 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 81% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.25 in June 2022 to 10.85, a 37% improvement. Nikhil has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% 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 | 10.85 | 13.73 | top 10.0% | 5,437 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.76 | 3.76 | top 11.6% | 4,548 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.62 | 9.63 | top 17.2% | 4,566 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.03 | 29.88 | top 26.1% | 3,373 / 15,683 | |
| Skewb | 6.10 | 8.62 | top 26.5% | 4,318 / 18,907 | |
| 4×4 | 56.74 | 1:02.65 | top 32.8% | 5,227 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 2:25.38 | — | top 63.6% | 5,516 / 9,401 | |
| Clock | 34.43 | — | top 89.2% | 7,961 / 8,927 |
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 Apr 2023Three personal bests in one day at Saint John's Scramble 2023.
- 18 Mar 2023Three personal bests in one day at NJIT Spring 2023.
- 26 Feb 2023Three personal bests in one day at Northampton Winter B 2023.
- 21 Jan 2023Three personal bests in one day at Pioneer Valley Cubing A 2023.
- 5 Nov 2022Four personal bests in one day at Empire State Fall 2022.
- 10 Sep 2022Four personal bests in one day at Amherst Open 2022.
Competitions
- Empire State Fall Favorites 2023 · 14 Oct 2023
- CubingUSA New England Championship 2023 · 7 Oct 2023
- Westport Warmup 2023 · 15 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Connecticut Spring 2023 · 13 May 2023
- PBs in Palisades 2023 · 15 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Saint John's Scramble 2023 · 1 Apr 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- NJIT Spring 2023 · 18 Mar 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Northampton Winter B 2023 · 26 Feb 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Pioneer Valley Cubing A 2023 · 21 Jan 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Troy Story 2023 · 14 Jan 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Mum's the Word 2023 · 8 Jan 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Empire State Fall 2022 · 5 Nov 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Amherst Open 2022 · 10 Sep 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Westport Summer 2022 · 27 Aug 2022
- St. Joseph's Prep 2022 · 20 Aug 2022
- New York Championship 2022 · 2 Jul 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Pennsylvania Championship 2022 · 17 Jun 2022
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.
- Evan Liu — met in 63 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Curtis Chai — met in 58 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jacob Schwartz — met in 55 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.85 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.76 away.
Targets move as he improves.