People · United States
Niranjan Karthikeyan
3×3 · top 11.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2023 · 2023KART02
Niranjan Karthikeyan has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.29, set at BHT Pyraminx Bash 2024, puts him in the top 11.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6,148th in the United States. Across 7 competitions since January 2023, he has put 174 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 81% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.94 in January 2023 to 11.29, a 33% improvement. Niranjan has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 11.29 | 16.18 | top 11.4% | 6,148 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.31 | 9.73 | top 22.3% | 6,001 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 4.69 | 5.56 | top 35.4% | 14,119 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 29.14 | 32.62 | top 44.7% | 6,034 / 15,683 | |
| Skewb | 10.70 | 15.97 | top 59.2% | 10,856 / 18,907 | |
| Square-1 | 35.56 | 50.80 | top 59.3% | 3,921 / 6,743 |
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
- 22 Jul 2023Four personal bests in one day at Flag City Summer 2023.
- 10 Jun 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.78 at Ohio State Summer Solving 2023.
- 10 Jun 2023Three personal bests in one day at Ohio State Summer Solving 2023.
- 8 Jan 2023First competition: Imagination Station B 2023. A 16.94 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- BHT Pyraminx Bash 2024 · 20 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Swoop in and Solve Oxford 2023 · 17 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Flag City Summer 2023 · 22 Jul 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Ohio State Summer Solving 2023 · 10 Jun 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- The Blantucky Derby 2023 · 13 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Ohio State RPAC Cube Clash 2023 · 18 Feb 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Imagination Station B 2023 · 8 Jan 2023
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.
- Carson Clark (张卡森) — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead once
- Steven Wintringham — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead once
- Braden Richards — met in 32 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.29 away.
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 0.31 away.
Targets move as he improves.