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Nishanth Thirugnanam

3×3 · top 62.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2017 · 2017THIR02

Nishanth Thirugnanam has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 29.76, set at Anaadyanta Cube Open 2019, puts him in the top 62.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9,807th in India. Across 9 competitions since September 2017, he has put 79 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 52.16 in September 2017 to 29.76, a 43% improvement. Nishanth has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 62.1% of 284,439 all-time
29.76
signature single · Anaadyanta Cube Open 2019
79
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
3×329.7633.48
top 62.1%9,807 / 20,018
2×211.8015.78
top 83.8%9,101 / 12,146
4×43:02.41
top 96.6%3,860 / 4,186
5×54:57.38
top 96.7%1,415 / 1,525
Megaminx8:04.79
early days — 2 solves1,439 / 1,443

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

VIT Rubik's Cube Challenge 2017: 52.16NIT Trichy Open 2017: 39.24Indian Cube Challenge 2017: 53.67Shaastra Cube Open 2018: 43.01SSN Cube Open 2018: 37.56Gravitas Cube Open 2018: 32.61Carte Blanche Kube Open 2019: 32.09Anaadyanta Cube Open 2019: 29.7629.7653.6722 Sep 20178 Mar 2019

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-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 4.76 away.
  • A sub-10 2×2 single — 145,545 people have one; it is 1.80 away.

Targets move as he improves.