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Nilay Patel

Pyraminx · top 76.7% of 129,321 all-time · competing since August 2017 · 2017PATE25

Nilay Patel has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 13.76, set at BU Spring 2018, puts him in the top 76.7% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 22,717th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since August 2017, he has put 18 official solves on the record across two events. Nilay has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 76.7% of 129,321 all-time
13.76
signature single · BU Spring 2018
18
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Pyraminx13.7617.84
top 76.7%22,717 / 28,708
3×349.5459.22
top 85.7%52,500 / 59,724

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

Sharon Summer 2017: 49.54Weston Fall 2017: 53.56BU Spring 2018: 52.3249.5453.565 Aug 201712 May 2018

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-12 Pyraminx single — 86,891 people have one; it is 1.76 away.
  • A sub-40 3×3 single — 218,634 people have one; it is 9.54 away.

Targets move as he improves.