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Nilesh Saini

2×2 · top 13.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since June 2018 · 2018SAIN04

Nilesh Saini has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.94, set at IIT Roorkee Open 2020, puts him in the top 13.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,125th in India. Across 13 competitions since June 2018, he has put 385 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 90% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.47 in June 2018 to 11.98, a 35% improvement. Nilesh has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 13.6% of 186,767 all-time
2.94
signature single · IIT Roorkee Open 2020
385
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 90% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
2×22.944.81
top 13.6%1,125 / 12,146
3×311.9814.75
top 13.8%1,669 / 20,018
3×3 one-handed17.9124.19
top 14.8%510 / 4,516
4×450.7155.13
top 25.6%758 / 4,186
Pyraminx6.7311.45
top 25.6%1,561 / 8,934
5×51:55.702:03.17
top 46.5%598 / 1,525
Megaminx2:25.142:31.76
top 58.9%682 / 1,443
3×3 Fewest Moves47 moves56.33
early days — 3 solves375 / 600
Skewb16.1821.25
top 81.8%2,506 / 3,524
Square-11:49.08
early days — 1 solve765 / 805

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

Delhi Cubing Heat Wave 2018: 18.47Speedcubing ESYA 2018: 22.07Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 2018: 16.77MathSoc Open 2019: 15.68IIT Roorkee Open 2019: 13.67Indian Nationals 2019: 12.50Speedcubing ESYA 2019: 13.07Five Rivers Cube Open 2019: 15.51Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 2019: 13.25Bennett University Cube Open 2020: 11.98IIT Roorkee Open 2020: 12.94SpeedCubing Delhi Open 2023: 13.01Gurugram Monsoon Cube Open 2024: 12.2811.9822.0724 Jun 201829 Jun 2024

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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.94 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.98 away.

Targets move as he improves.