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Nikhil Taneja

3×3 · top 45.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2015 · 2015TANE01

Nikhil Taneja has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 21.87, set at Plenty o' Parity 2015, puts him in the top 45.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6,573rd in India. Across 3 competitions since April 2015, he has put 28 official solves on the record across four events. His 3×3 best has come down from 32.62 in April 2015 to 21.87, a 33% improvement. Nikhil has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 45.1% of 284,439 all-time
21.87
signature single · Plenty o' Parity 2015
28
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
3×321.8723.10
top 45.1%6,573 / 20,018
3×3 one-handed35.5442.49
top 58.2%2,317 / 4,516
Pyraminx17.09
early days — 2 solves6,954 / 8,934
4×42:16.78
early days — 2 solves3,310 / 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

National Cubing Region Open 2015: 32.62Akash Open 2015: 28.42Plenty o' Parity 2015: 21.8721.8732.6211 Apr 201512 Dec 2015

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 1.87 away.
  • A sub-30 3×3 one-handed single — 34,382 people have one; it is 5.54 away.

Targets move as he improves.