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Niraj Patil

Pyraminx · top 12.6% of 129,321 all-time · competing since July 2016 · 2016PATI09

Niraj Patil has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 4.90, set at Hamilton Spring 2017, puts him in the top 12.6% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 176th in New Zealand. Across 6 competitions since July 2016, he has put 88 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 41.27 in July 2016 to 14.70, a 64% improvement. Niraj has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 12.6% of 129,321 all-time
4.90
signature single · Hamilton Spring 2017
88
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNew Zealand
Pyraminx4.906.71
top 12.6%176 / 1,141
2×23.486.20
top 20.0%368 / 1,615
3×314.7017.08
top 23.4%472 / 2,095
3×3 one-handed32.7739.49
top 52.8%286 / 600

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

Hamilton Winter 2016: 41.27New Zealand Nationals 2016: 26.64Hamilton Spring 2017: 14.79NxNZ Open 2018: 15.13NxNZ 2019: 14.70Popping Off Pukekohe B 2022: 19.1714.7041.2731 Jul 201622 Jan 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.

  • Mantra Shukla — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead once
  • Jerry Jiang — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead once
  • Tim Xie — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead 3 times

Next targets

  • A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.90 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.48 away.

Targets move as he improves.