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Nishanth Swaminathan
Pyraminx · top 2.9% of 129,321 all-time · competing since July 2019 · 2019SWAM02
Nishanth Swaminathan has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.76, set at Tamil Nadu Cube Challenge 2024, puts him in the top 2.9% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 148th in India. Until October 2010, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since July 2019, he has put 186 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 80% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.86 in July 2019 to 9.48, a 59% improvement. Nishanth has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | India | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 2.76 | 7.30 | top 2.9% | 148 / 8,934 | |
| 2×2 | 1.97 | 2.77 | top 4.5% | 334 / 12,146 | |
| 3×3 | 9.48 | 11.39 | top 6.1% | 641 / 20,018 | |
| Skewb | 3.77 | 5.74 | top 9.4% | 241 / 3,524 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.19 | 21.88 | top 18.3% | 637 / 4,516 | |
| Megaminx | 1:32.05 | 1:38.93 | top 29.5% | 304 / 1,443 | |
| 4×4 | 1:08.49 | 1:26.10 | top 45.4% | 1,490 / 4,186 | |
| Clock | 44.14 | — | early days — 1 solve | 988 / 1,092 |
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
- 8 Feb 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.48 at SSN Cube Open 2025.
- 17 Mar 2024Three personal bests in one day at Rajalakshmi Engineering College Cube Open 2024.
- 17 Dec 2022First sub-15 3×3: 12.29 at Cubing Saturday in SSN 2022.
- 31 Jan 2020Four personal bests in one day at CMI Tessellate Cube Open 2020.
- 28 Dec 2019First sub-20 3×3: 19.30 at C3 Cup Finale 2019.
- 27 Jul 2019First competition: SSN Cube Open 2019. A 22.86 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- SSN Cube Open 2025 · 8 Feb 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Back to Cubing Madras 2025 · 11 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Tamil Nadu Cube Challenge 2024 · 2 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Rajalakshmi Engineering College Cube Open 2024 · 17 Mar 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubing Saturday in SSN 2022 · 17 Dec 2022 — 1 personal best set
- CMI Tessellate Cube Open 2020 · 31 Jan 2020 — 4 personal bests set
- C3 Cup Finale 2019 · 28 Dec 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- HLC Cube Challenge 2019 · 28 Sep 2019
- SSN Cube Open 2019 · 27 Jul 2019
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.
- Prashanth Swaminathan — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Aayush Sriram Bharadwaj — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Sujai Shakthivel — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.76 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.97 away.
Targets move as he improves.