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Nikhil Mande

3×3 Fewest Moves · top 5.1% of 12,294 all-time · competing since October 2008 · 2008MAND01

Nikhil Mande has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 3×3 Fewest Moves: a personal-best single of 25 moves, set at FMC Asia 2015, puts him in the top 5.1% of the 12,294 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 11th in India. Across 48 competitions since October 2008, he has put 2,615 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 59% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 30.58 in October 2008 to 10.52, a 66% improvement. Nikhil has entered 48 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 Fewest Moves
best event — top 5.1% of 12,294 all-time
25 moves
signature single · FMC Asia 2015
2,615
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 59% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
3×3 Fewest Moves25 moves30.67
top 5.1%11 / 600
2×22.413.95
top 8.0%648 / 12,146
3×310.5212.63
top 9.0%1,013 / 20,018
3×3 blindfolded49.471:08.93
top 9.8%30 / 598
3×3 Multi-Blind13 of 13 cubes · 57:00—
top 11.2%7 / 168
Pyraminx5.529.57
top 16.6%975 / 8,934
Skewb4.9210.79
top 17.5%483 / 3,524
3×3 one-handed19.3627.94
top 18.8%658 / 4,516
4×445.5752.42
top 19.0%525 / 4,186
4×4 blindfolded6:36.66—
top 33.9%15 / 69
5×51:43.481:59.77
top 37.9%472 / 1,525
5×5 blindfolded14:30.00—
top 39.3%9 / 31
Megaminx2:00.212:20.82
top 45.8%517 / 1,443
Square-138.2053.32
top 63.1%449 / 805
Clock21.0926.05
top 67.8%609 / 1,092
6×64:16.114:25.42
top 70.6%360 / 531
7×76:43.936:54.26
top 77.3%272 / 360

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

Shaastra Open 2008: 30.58Shaastra Open 2009: 12.81Mumbai Open 2010: 16.404th Shaastra Cube Open 2011: 14.05Mumbai Open 2012: 14.72Pragyan Cube Open 2012: 14.03Chennai Mathematical Institute Open 2012: 14.02Shaastra Cube Open 2013: 11.91Speed Cubing Mumbai Unlimited 2013: 13.16Pragyan Cube Open 2013: 14.20CMI Fiesta Open 2013: 12.90Indian Cube Challenge 2013: 12.76Prasadz ICC Juniors 2013: 12.50Bombay Open 2013: 11.73Techfest Cube Mania 2014: 12.84Speed Cubing Mumbai Unlimited 2014: 11.08Thakur Rubik's Cube Championship 2014: 12.22Delhi Open 2014: 13.34Mumbai Summer Open 2014: 12.99Indian Nationals 2014: 12.99Indian Cube Challenge 2014: 12.38National TPoly Rubik's Cube Open 2014: 13.69DJ Open 2014: 12.95Brain Studio Cube Open 2014: 12.78Shaastra Cube Open 2015: 12.13Indian Open Rubik's Cube 2015: 12.96Indian Nationals 2015: 12.93Franconia Open 2015: 10.90SCMU Freedom Open 2015: 12.23Brain Studio Cube Open 2015: 12.90Delhi Autumn Open 2015: 12.17SCMU Open 2016: 12.33Indian Open Rubik's Cube 2016: 10.52Indian Nationals 2016: 12.15Rubik's Cube Pune Open 2016: 13.93Indian Nationals 2017: 13.07World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017: 13.86Indian Nationals 2018: 12.80CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2019: 13.55CubingUSA Nationals 2019: 12.70Rubik's UK Championship 2023: 11.04Liverpool Winter 2023: 11.03Birmingham Summer 2024: 11.19Liverpool Spring 2026: 12.2110.5230.584 Oct 200818 Apr 2026

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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.41 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.52 away.

Targets move as he improves.