People · India
Nikhil Rao
3×3 · top 61.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2011 · 2011RAON01
Nikhil Rao has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 29.23, set at Speed Cubing Mumbai Unlimited 2013, puts him in the top 61.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9,605th in India. Across 9 competitions since February 2011, he has put 138 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 19% around a typical one; 98% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 40.86 in February 2011 to 29.23, a 28% improvement. Nikhil has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | India | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 29.23 | 39.04 | top 61.2% | 9,605 / 20,018 | |
| Pyraminx | 12.88 | 18.71 | top 72.3% | 5,261 / 8,934 | |
| 2×2 | 9.83 | 14.43 | top 77.3% | 8,174 / 12,146 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:10.11 | 2:20.13 | top 89.1% | 3,801 / 4,516 | |
| 4×4 | 2:48.12 | 3:58.54 | top 94.9% | 3,725 / 4,186 |
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
- 18 Jan 2013First sub-30 3×3: 29.23 at Speed Cubing Mumbai Unlimited 2013.
- 18 Jan 2013Three personal bests in one day at Speed Cubing Mumbai Unlimited 2013.
- 9 Jul 2011Four personal bests in one day at Speedcubing Mumbai Unlimited 2011.
- 5 Feb 2011First competition: Mumbai Open Rubik's Cube 2011. A 40.86 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Speed Cubing Mumbai Unlimited 2015 · 16 Jan 2015
- Mumbai Open 2014 · 28 Dec 2014
- National TPoly Rubik's Cube Open 2014 · 24 Aug 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Speed Cubing Mumbai Unlimited 2014 · 10 Jan 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Speed Cubing Mumbai Unlimited 2013 · 18 Jan 2013 — 3 personal bests set
- DJ SpeedCubing Open 2012 · 13 Oct 2012 — 1 personal best set
- DJ Speedcubing Open 2011 · 15 Sep 2011
- Speedcubing Mumbai Unlimited 2011 · 9 Jul 2011 — 4 personal bests set
- Mumbai Open Rubik's Cube 2011 · 5 Feb 2011
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.
- Gaurav Taneja — met in 31 rounds, never finished ahead
- Akshay Rao — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead once
- Dhanayush Raninga — met in 27 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 4.23 away.
- A sub-12 Pyraminx single — 86,891 people have one; it is 0.88 away.
Targets move as he improves.