People · United States
Nikhil Nayar
3×3 · top 8.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2023 · 2023NAYA06
Nikhil Nayar has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.22, set at DFW Cubing Summer 2025, puts him in the top 8.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,463rd in the United States. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since May 2023, he has put 398 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 60% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.78 in May 2023 to 10.22, a 46% improvement. Nikhil has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% 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 | 10.22 | 12.98 | top 8.1% | 4,463 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.33 | 7.92 | top 9.3% | 2,418 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 2.87 | 4.75 | top 12.8% | 5,017 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.71 | 27.57 | top 28.0% | 3,612 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 1:03.87 | 1:13.49 | top 40.5% | 6,604 / 19,072 | |
| Clock | 21.34 | 28.61 | top 68.4% | 5,901 / 8,927 | |
| Skewb | 13.86 | 25.71 | top 74.2% | 14,023 / 18,907 | |
| 5×5 | 2:53.64 | — | top 75.9% | 6,799 / 9,401 | |
| Square-1 | 55.90 | 1:28.94 | top 81.0% | 5,408 / 6,743 |
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
- 16 Mar 2024Eight personal bests in one day at DFW Megacomp 2024.
- 3 Feb 2024Four personal bests in one day at DFW Cubing Winter 2024.
- 26 Aug 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.83 at Pretzel Mania Dallas 2023.
- 26 Aug 2023Six personal bests in one day at Pretzel Mania Dallas 2023.
- 7 May 2023First competition: DFW Cubing Spring 2023. A 18.78 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- DFW Cubing Winter 2026 · 3 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- DFW Cubing Summer 2025 · 21 Jun 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- DFW Cubing Spring 2025 · 19 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- DFW Cubing Winter 2025 · 19 Jan 2025
- DFW Cubing Fall 2024 · 26 Oct 2024
- DFW Megacomp 2024 · 16 Mar 2024 — 8 personal bests set
- DFW Cubing Winter 2024 · 3 Feb 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Longhorn Cube Day 2023 · 28 Oct 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Cube With Attention in Denton 2023 · 16 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Pretzel Mania Dallas 2023 · 26 Aug 2023 — 6 personal bests set
- DFW Cubing Summer 2023 · 15 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- MYHM Puzzling in Plano 2023 · 20 May 2023
- DFW Cubing Spring 2023 · 7 May 2023
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.
- Ryan Pilat — met in 94 rounds, never finished ahead
- Michael Conard — met in 89 rounds, finished ahead 36 times
- John Wanger II — met in 85 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.22 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.33 away.
Targets move as he improves.