People · United States
Nikhil Kosanam
3×3 · top 5.9% of 288,433 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 9.42, set at Putnam Lake 2026, puts him in the top 5.9% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,335th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 18 competitions since June 2022, he has put 428 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 74% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.25 in June 2022 to 9.42, a 45% improvement. Nikhil has entered 18 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 | 9.42 | 12.80 | top 5.9% | 3,335 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 2.76 | 3.76 | top 11.6% | 4,641 / 41,674 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.62 | 9.63 | top 17.3% | 4,655 / 29,168 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.03 | 29.88 | top 26.2% | 3,425 / 15,900 | |
| Skewb | 6.10 | 8.62 | top 26.6% | 4,382 / 19,164 | |
| 4×4 | 56.74 | 1:02.65 | top 32.9% | 5,306 / 19,354 | |
| 5×5 | 2:25.38 | — | top 63.7% | 5,604 / 9,537 | |
| Clock | 34.43 | — | top 89.2% | 8,181 / 9,172 |
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
- 20 Sep 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.42 at Putnam Lake 2026.
- 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.
Competitions
- Putnam Lake 2026 · 20 Sep 2026 — 1 personal best set
- 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 70 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-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.42 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.76 away.
Targets move as he improves.