People · Bahamas
Nikhil Unwala
Pyraminx · top 7.0% of 130,891 all-time · competing since July 2024 · 2024UNWA01
Nikhil Unwala has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.85, set at Ohio State Weekend of Madness 2026, puts him in the top 7.0% of the 130,891 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1st in the Bahamas. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since July 2024, he has put 284 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 92% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 44.79 in July 2024 to 16.66, a 63% improvement. Nikhil has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Bahamas | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.85 | 5.96 | top 7.0% | 1 / 7 | |
| 2×2 | 2.77 | 5.93 | top 11.7% | 2 / 7 | |
| Clock | 10.20 | 12.83 | top 26.0% | 1 / 2 | |
| 3×3 | 16.66 | 18.22 | top 30.0% | 4 / 11 | |
| Skewb | 6.81 | 10.30 | top 32.3% | 2 / 2 | |
| 4×4 | 57.24 | 1:10.53 | top 33.5% | 2 / 4 | |
| Megaminx | 2:36.07 | — | early days — 2 solves | 2 / 2 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 42.10 | 49.53 | top 68.2% | 3 / 4 | |
| 5×5 | 2:37.77 | — | top 69.5% | 3 / 3 | |
| Square-1 | 49.81 | — | top 76.0% | 2 / 2 |
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
- 11 Sep 2026Six personal bests in one day at Ohio Championship 2026.
- 6 Sep 2025First sub-20 3×3: 17.06 at Locked in Clocked in Coshocton 2025.
- 6 Sep 2025Three personal bests in one day at Locked in Clocked in Coshocton 2025.
- 26 Oct 2024First sub-30 3×3: 22.76 at Green Fall 2024.
- 6 Jul 2024First competition: Green Summer 2024. A 44.79 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Ohio Championship 2026 · 11 Sep 2026 — 6 personal bests set
- Ohio State Summer Warm Up 2026 · 27 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Ohio State Weekend of Madness 2026 · 21 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Lewis Center Side Events 2026 · 31 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Oberlin Big Cubes 2025 · 15 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Ohio State Fall 2025 · 5 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Locked in Clocked in Coshocton 2025 · 6 Sep 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 · 3 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Bowling Green 2025 · 30 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Ohio State Winter 2025 · 18 Jan 2025
- Ohio State Fall 2024 · 10 Nov 2024
- Green Fall 2024 · 26 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Y-Perms Near the Y-Bridge Zanesville 2024 · 14 Sep 2024
- Washtenaw Summer 2024 · 31 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Green Summer 2024 · 6 Jul 2024
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.
- Braden Richards — met in 59 rounds, finished ahead once
- Jack Pfeifer — met in 52 rounds, never finished ahead
- Luke Garrett — met in 51 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,783 people have one; it is 0.85 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.77 away.
Targets move as he improves.