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Nirvaan Patnaik

Pyraminx · top 22.3% of 129,321 all-time · competing since December 2015 · 2015PATN02

Nirvaan Patnaik has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 6.31, set at Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 2017, puts him in the top 22.3% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,350th in India. Across 3 competitions since December 2015, he has put 54 official solves on the record across four events. His Pyraminx best has come down from 9.83 in December 2015 to 6.31, a 36% improvement. Nirvaan has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 22.3% of 129,321 all-time
6.31
signature single · Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 2017
54
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
Pyraminx6.3111.86
top 22.3%1,350 / 8,934
2×25.738.23
top 48.0%4,603 / 12,146
3×324.7828.22
top 52.1%7,879 / 20,018
3×3 one-handed47.571:00.34
top 74.4%3,037 / 4,516

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

Rubik's Cube Mumbai Open 2015: 9.83Indian Nationals 2016: 10.89Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 2017: 6.316.3110.8926 Dec 20154 Nov 2017

Best single per competition, Pyraminx. 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-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 0.31 away.
  • A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.73 away.

Targets move as he improves.