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Nikhil Pangarkar

2×2 · top 34.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since February 2010 · 2010PANG01

Nikhil Pangarkar has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 4.63, set at Indian Open Rubik's Cube 2011, puts him in the top 34.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,130th in India. Across 5 competitions since February 2010, he has put 190 official solves on the record across seven 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 33.50 in February 2010 to 18.58, a 45% improvement. Nikhil has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 34.6% of 186,767 all-time
4.63
signature single · Indian Open Rubik's Cube 2011
190
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 60% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
2×24.638.02
top 34.6%3,130 / 12,146
3×318.5821.74
top 35.9%4,968 / 20,018
3×3 one-handed32.2137.10
top 51.6%1,991 / 4,516
4×41:44.301:55.57
top 73.4%2,620 / 4,186
5×54:02.114:25.31
top 92.1%1,304 / 1,525
Pyraminx22.6532.06
top 95.4%8,025 / 8,934
Megaminx5:09.345:38.58
top 96.7%1,328 / 1,443

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

Indian Open 2010: 33.50Indian Open Rubik's Cube 2011: 18.58Speedcubing Mumbai Unlimited 2011: 18.71Indian Open 2012: 21.72Indian Open 2013: 19.0018.5833.5012 Feb 201015 Mar 2013

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-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.63 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 3.58 away.

Targets move as he improves.