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Nischal Nori

3×3 · top 0.87% of 288,433 all-time · competing since March 2017 · 2017NORI01

Nischal Nori has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.51, set at DSL Cube Open 2022, puts him in the top 0.87% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 79th in India. Until May 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 25 competitions since March 2017, he has put 1,043 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 84% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.66 in March 2017 to 6.51, a 70% improvement. Nischal has entered 25 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.87% of 288,433 all-time
6.51
signature single · DSL Cube Open 2022
1,043
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 84% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
3×36.518.08
top 0.87%79 / 20,146
3×3 one-handed11.3717.05
top 2.2%66 / 4,534
4×429.9735.06
top 2.9%72 / 4,220
2×21.812.49
top 3.7%280 / 12,225
Skewb3.315.61
top 6.7%164 / 3,548
Pyraminx5.037.11
top 13.4%784 / 8,971
5×51:26.081:32.83
top 24.3%281 / 1,537
Megaminx2:13.612:49.69
top 53.1%625 / 1,458
Square-157.911:23.94
top 82.3%597 / 813

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

Anaadyanta Cube Open 2017: 21.66IIA Summer Open April 2017: 16.11IIA Summer Open - May 2017: 20.45Indian Cube Challenge 2017: 11.77APJ BLD Open 2017: 15.64Aboard the Pyraminx Train 2018: 12.67Primus Cube Open - May 2018: 12.00Bengaluru Championship 2018: 12.30Bengaluru Winter Open 2018: 11.55Bengaluru Summer Open 2019: 10.41Forum Monsoon Open 2019: 10.02Independence Cube Open 2019: 9.00Hyderabad Cube Open 2019: 9.23SRM Cube Open 2019: 9.38CMI Tessellate Cube Open 2020: 8.44DSL Cube Open 2022: 6.51Nexus Monsoon Open 2022: 7.58KCT Matrix Cube Open 2022: 8.91Varsha Ritu Cube Open 2022: 7.37Nexus Winter Open 2022: 8.87Nexus Summer Open Bangalore Saturday 2023: 7.36Bangalore Cube Open 2024: 7.15AMR Planet Cube Open 2025: 7.00Galleria Bangalore Cube Open B 2025: 7.096.5121.6611 Mar 201729 Jun 2025

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 0.51 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 one-handed single — 800 people have one; it is 1.37 away.

Targets move as he improves.