People · India
Nirmay Maulikkumar Soni
3×3 · top 6.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2022 · 2022SONI02
Nirmay Maulikkumar Soni has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.74, set at Karnataka Cube Open April 2026, puts him in the top 6.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 720th in India. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since April 2022, he has put 482 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 55% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.47 in April 2022 to 9.74, a 44% improvement. Nirmay has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | India | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.74 | 10.16 | top 6.7% | 720 / 20,018 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.67 | 21.92 | top 14.2% | 489 / 4,516 | |
| 2×2 | 3.29 | 4.43 | top 17.7% | 1,481 / 12,146 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.38 | 7.30 | top 22.9% | 1,386 / 8,934 | |
| 4×4 | 53.01 | 1:02.90 | top 28.4% | 851 / 4,186 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:52.50 | 4:03.36 | top 30.8% | 137 / 598 | |
| Square-1 | 29.58 | 49.41 | top 48.6% | 336 / 805 | |
| Skewb | 29.78 | 41.29 | top 97.0% | 3,266 / 3,524 |
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
- 5 Apr 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.74 at Karnataka Cube Open April 2026.
- 23 Dec 2023Four personal bests in one day at Bangalore Championship 2023.
- 26 Aug 2023Seven personal bests in one day at Mysore Cube Open 2023.
- 25 Jun 2022First sub-15 3×3: 12.42 at Nexus Monsoon Open 2022.
- 16 Apr 2022First competition: Cubing Returns Bengaluru 2022. A 17.47 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Oakridge Independence Cube Open 2026 · 15 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Karnataka Cube Open April 2026 · 5 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- M5 Open A Bengaluru 2025 · 8 Nov 2025
- VR Bengaluru Cube Open A 2025 · 26 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Galleria Bangalore Cube Open B 2025 · 29 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Republic Cube Open BLR 2025 · 25 Jan 2025
- MySkool Cube Open BLR Aug 2024 · 3 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Bangalore Newcomers 2024 · 30 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Bangalore Championship 2023 · 23 Dec 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Mysore Cube Open 2023 · 26 Aug 2023 — 7 personal bests set
- Hyderabad Cube Open 2023 · 11 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Bangalore Cube Open July 2023 · 29 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Nexus Summer Open Bangalore Saturday 2023 · 27 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Nexus Winter Open 2022 · 26 Nov 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Nexus Monsoon Open 2022 · 25 Jun 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing Returns Bengaluru 2022 · 16 Apr 2022
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.
- Vivek Prasad Mada — met in 76 rounds, finished ahead 21 times
- Mohith B (ಮೋಹಿತ್ ಬಿ) — met in 65 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Nirmal Reddy — met in 64 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.74 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 2.67 away.
Targets move as he improves.