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Nikhil Shyam

3×3 · top 52.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2022 · 2022SHYA01

Nikhil Shyam has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 24.91, set at Buccaneer Bonanza 2022, puts him in the top 52.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 30,637th in the United States. Across 6 competitions since January 2022, he has put 59 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 4 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 35.12 in January 2022 to 24.91, a 29% improvement. Nikhil has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 52.4% of 284,439 all-time
24.91
signature single · Buccaneer Bonanza 2022
59
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×324.9133.88
top 52.4%30,637 / 59,724
Pyraminx12.5019.81
top 70.2%20,787 / 28,708
2×28.6715.74
top 71.8%29,634 / 40,951

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

Gem City 2022: 35.12DeNxNver 2022: 34.81GA Cubers February B 2022: 35.28Jasper Highlands 2022: 33.83Buccaneer Bonanza 2022: 24.91CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2022: 31.3324.9135.289 Jan 202229 Jul 2022

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-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 4.91 away.
  • A sub-12 Pyraminx single — 86,891 people have one; it is 0.50 away.

Targets move as he improves.