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Nikhil Shriram

3×3 · top 30.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2022 · 2022SHRI01

Nikhil Shriram has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 16.79, set at Northern Lights Coimbatore Cube Open 2023, puts him in the top 30.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,089th in India. Across 5 competitions since June 2022, he has put 53 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.46 in June 2022 to 16.79, a 31% improvement. Nikhil has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 30.3% of 284,439 all-time
16.79
signature single · Northern Lights Coimbatore Cube Open 2023
53
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
3×316.7918.17
top 30.3%4,089 / 20,018
2×25.218.29
top 41.9%3,914 / 12,146
Pyraminx13.5718.22
top 75.8%5,597 / 8,934
4×42:14.78
top 87.5%3,281 / 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

1st Salem Open 2022: 24.46KCT Matrix Cube Open 2022: 23.63KSRCT Cube Open 2022: 20.18Northern Lights Coimbatore Cube Open 2023: 16.79NIT Trichy Cube Open 2023: 18.5216.7924.4626 Jun 20225 Nov 2023

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.79 away.
  • A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.21 away.

Targets move as he improves.