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Nishal Kulkarni

2×2 · top 8.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since June 2014 · 2014KULK01

Nishal Kulkarni has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.49, set at SCMU-Pune Fall Open V3.0 2015, puts him in the top 8.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 716th in India. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since June 2014, he has put 168 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. Nishal has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 8.8% of 186,767 all-time
2.49
signature single · SCMU-Pune Fall Open V3.0 2015
168
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
2×22.493.67
top 8.8%716 / 12,146
Pyraminx5.247.21
top 14.7%857 / 8,934
3×314.4315.73
top 22.5%2,885 / 20,018
Skewb5.637.26
top 22.9%637 / 3,524
3×3 one-handed28.6335.30
top 43.5%1,616 / 4,516
4×41:08.661:20.23
top 45.5%1,496 / 4,186

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

Mumbai Open 2014: 2.66Pune Fall Open V2.0 2015: 3.88SCMU-Pune Fall Open V3.0 2015: 2.49Rubik's Cube Mumbai Open 2015: 2.952.493.8828 Dec 201426 Dec 2015

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.49 away.
  • A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.24 away.

Targets move as he improves.