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Nirmal Reddy
Pyraminx · top 1.1% of 129,321 all-time · competing since February 2023 · 2023REDD01
Nirmal Reddy has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 1.95, set at VR Bengaluru Cube Open A 2025, puts him in the top 1.1% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 49th in India. Until July 2011, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 45 competitions since February 2023, he has put 2,035 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 56% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His Pyraminx best has come down from 9.96 in April 2023 to 1.95, an 80% improvement. Nirmal has entered 45 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | India | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 1.95 | 2.76 | top 1.1% | 49 / 8,934 | |
| 2×2 | 1.33 | 2.40 | top 1.5% | 102 / 12,146 | |
| 3×3 | 7.52 | 8.40 | top 2.0% | 184 / 20,018 | |
| Skewb | 2.41 | 4.81 | top 2.6% | 51 / 3,524 | |
| Clock | 4.92 | 5.96 | top 4.2% | 31 / 1,092 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 13.51 | 18.33 | top 5.3% | 161 / 4,516 | |
| 4×4 | 33.91 | 41.58 | top 5.8% | 148 / 4,186 | |
| Megaminx | 51.83 | 1:02.72 | top 5.9% | 43 / 1,443 | |
| Square-1 | 12.63 | 18.29 | top 11.1% | 62 / 805 | |
| 5×5 | 1:20.17 | 1:29.26 | top 19.2% | 211 / 1,525 | |
| 6×6 | 3:16.26 | 4:10.74 | top 48.6% | 221 / 531 |
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, Pyraminx. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 17 Jan 2026Three personal bests in one day at Pravega IISc BLR Cube Open 2026.
- 5 Oct 2025Three personal bests in one day at Big N Sides at Bangalore 2025.
- 14 Aug 2025Five personal bests in one day at South India Cube Championship 2025.
- 27 Apr 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.41 at Only 3x3's in Bangalore 2025.
- 18 Apr 2025Four personal bests in one day at Bangalore Cube Open 2025.
- 5 Jan 2025Three personal bests in one day at Side Events Bangalore Jan 2025.
Competitions
- Oakridge Independence Cube Open 2026 · 15 Aug 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- MoT Cube Open 2026 · 9 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Karnataka Cube Open April 2026 · 5 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Pravega IISc BLR Cube Open 2026 · 17 Jan 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- DC Hyderabad Winter Open 2025 · 20 Dec 2025
- RVITM CubeVerse 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- M5 Open A Bengaluru 2025 · 8 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- VR Bengaluru Cube Open A 2025 · 26 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Big N Sides at Bangalore 2025 · 5 Oct 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- South India Cube Championship 2025 · 14 Aug 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Galleria Bangalore Cube Open B 2025 · 29 Jun 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Side Events Jus Trufs Bangalore 2025 · 31 May 2025
- Singapore Cubing Mayday 2025 · 25 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- M5 Summer Open B Bengaluru 2025 · 11 May 2025
- Only 3x3's in Bangalore 2025 · 27 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Bangalore Cube Open 2025 · 18 Apr 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Jus'Cubing Side Events BLR Mar 2025 · 16 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Side Events Bangalore Feb 2025 · 2 Feb 2025
- Republic Cube Open BLR 2025 · 25 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Side Events Bangalore Jan 2025 · 5 Jan 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- DC Hyderabad Open December 2024 · 28 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Bangalore Cube Open 2024 · 21 Dec 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Karnataka Cube Championship 2024 · 16 Nov 2024
- Puzzling at JHS Aug 2024 · 10 Aug 2024
- MySkool Cube Open BLR Aug 2024 · 3 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Side Events Bangalore July 2024 · 6 Jul 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Bangalore Cube Fest C 2024 · 30 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Side Events Bangalore June 2024 · 1 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- CubeX Summer Open Bangalore 2024 · 18 May 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Side Events Bangalore May 2024 · 4 May 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Side Events Bangalore April 2024 · 6 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Side Events Bangalore March 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Big N Blind Bangalore Feb 2024 · 17 Feb 2024
- Big N Blind Bangalore Jan 2024 · 20 Jan 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Side Events Bangalore Jan 2024 · 6 Jan 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Indian Nationals 2023 · 15 Dec 2023 — 6 personal bests set
- Side Events Bangalore Oct 2023 · 28 Oct 2023 — 6 personal bests set
- Ankuram Open Sunday 2023 · 15 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Mysore Cube Open 2023 · 26 Aug 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Bangalore Cube Open July 2023 · 29 Jul 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Side Events Bangalore 2023 · 24 Jun 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Nexus Summer Open Bangalore Saturday 2023 · 27 May 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Pavillion Cube Open 2023 · 20 May 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- DC Open April Saturday 2023 · 22 Apr 2023
- RVITM Big N Blind 2023 · 25 Feb 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.
- Krishanth Thangarathan — met in 249 rounds, finished ahead 148 times
- Mohith B (ಮೋಹಿತ್ ಬಿ) — met in 241 rounds, finished ahead 36 times
- Aadhiran Thangarathan — met in 232 rounds, finished ahead 158 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.95 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.33 away.
Targets move as he improves.