People · India
Nishad Khade
Skewb · top 1.2% of 73,281 all-time · competing since February 2017 · 2017KHAD01
Nishad Khade has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 1.91, set at Indian Nationals 2023, puts him in the top 1.2% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 23rd in India. Until December 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 23 competitions since February 2017, he has put 1,157 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 93% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 32.69 in February 2017 to 9.82, a 70% improvement. Nishad has entered 23 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | India | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 1.91 | 4.12 | top 1.2% | 23 / 3,524 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 12.83 | 19.51 | top 4.2% | 123 / 4,516 | |
| 2×2 | 2.00 | 4.57 | top 4.7% | 348 / 12,146 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.38 | 5.76 | top 5.0% | 287 / 8,934 | |
| Clock | 5.66 | 6.95 | top 6.2% | 49 / 1,092 | |
| 3×3 | 9.82 | 12.09 | top 7.0% | 748 / 20,018 | |
| 4×4 | 38.56 | 43.84 | top 10.4% | 280 / 4,186 | |
| Megaminx | 1:31.61 | 1:36.80 | top 29.2% | 296 / 1,443 | |
| Square-1 | 21.06 | 27.71 | top 30.4% | 198 / 805 | |
| 5×5 | 1:34.85 | 1:45.66 | top 31.4% | 380 / 1,525 | |
| 6×6 | 3:35.59 | 3:56.03 | top 57.0% | 268 / 531 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 47 moves | — | early days — 2 solves | 375 / 600 | |
| 7×7 | 7:25.35 | — | early days — 1 solve | 302 / 360 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 6:49.13 | — | early days — 1 solve | 522 / 598 |
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
- 12 Aug 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.82 at Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023.
- 12 Aug 2023Three personal bests in one day at Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023.
- 21 Jan 2023Four personal bests in one day at Korum Cube Challenge 2023.
- 25 Jun 2022Three personal bests in one day at Phoenix Cube Challenge 2022.
- 1 Feb 2020Four personal bests in one day at Oculus Cube Open 2020.
- 19 Jan 2019Four personal bests in one day at Oculus Cube Open 2019.
Competitions
- CubeX Summer Open Bangalore 2025 · 24 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- IISER Pune Winter Open 2024 · 13 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Indian Nationals 2023 · 15 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Mysore Cube Open 2023 · 26 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023 · 12 Aug 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Korum Cube Challenge 2023 · 21 Jan 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Phoenix Cube Challenge 2022 · 25 Jun 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Oculus Cube Open 2020 · 1 Feb 2020 — 4 personal bests set
- Phoenix Marketcity Cube Challenge 2019 · 10 Aug 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- RGIT Cube Open 2019 · 9 Mar 2019
- Saraswati Open 2019 · 10 Feb 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Oculus Cube Open 2019 · 19 Jan 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- VJTI Mumbai Cube Open 2018 · 28 Dec 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- KJSCE Mumbai Open 2018 · 29 Sep 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- Pune Cube Open 2018 · 9 Sep 2018
- Phoenix Cube Championship 2018 · 7 Jul 2018 — 7 personal bests set
- Raipur June Cube Challenge 2018 · 10 Jun 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Indian Nationals 2018 · 25 May 2018 — 7 personal bests set
- Versatile Cube Open 2018 · 29 Apr 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Raipur Summer Cube Open 2018 · 7 Apr 2018 — 10 personal bests set
- Rubik's Cube Mumbai Open 2017 · 26 Dec 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Avenues Rubik's Cube Open 2017 · 28 Oct 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Polyhedra Open 2017 · 18 Feb 2017
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.
- Nikhil Soares — met in 171 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Mohammed Aiman Koli — met in 167 rounds, finished ahead 26 times
- Alaik Bhatia — met in 137 rounds, finished ahead 35 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 Skewb single — 35 people have one; it is 0.91 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 0.83 away.
Targets move as he improves.