People · India
Nishit Chauhan
Pyraminx · top 0.9% of 129,321 all-time · competing since February 2020 · 2020CHAU04
Nishit Chauhan has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 1.85, set at Ileseum Cube Open 2026, puts him in the top 0.9% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 37th in India. Until April 2012, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since February 2020, he has put 527 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 68% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.08 in February 2020 to 9.80, a 46% improvement. Nishit has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | India | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 1.85 | 4.12 | top 0.9% | 37 / 8,934 | |
| 2×2 | 1.72 | 4.59 | top 3.2% | 233 / 12,146 | |
| 3×3 | 9.80 | 12.57 | top 6.9% | 737 / 20,018 | |
| Skewb | 4.36 | 6.36 | top 13.4% | 363 / 3,524 | |
| 4×4 | 42.52 | 46.39 | top 15.1% | 407 / 4,186 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.35 | 32.08 | top 29.7% | 1,083 / 4,516 | |
| Megaminx | 1:43.98 | 1:52.77 | top 37.1% | 397 / 1,443 | |
| 5×5 | 1:43.30 | 1:47.93 | top 37.8% | 470 / 1,525 | |
| Clock | 14.50 | 15.99 | top 45.9% | 387 / 1,092 | |
| 6×6 | 4:45.05 | — | early days — 2 solves | 404 / 531 |
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
- 27 Jun 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.80 at Mumbai Twistathon 2026.
- 27 Jun 2026Three personal bests in one day at Mumbai Twistathon 2026.
- 10 May 2026Three personal bests in one day at Surat Cube Open 2026.
- 10 Jan 2026Four personal bests in one day at SVNIT Cube Open 2026.
- 22 Feb 2025First sub-15 3×3: 11.10 at Synocubix Gandhinagar 2025.
- 22 Feb 2025Five personal bests in one day at Synocubix Gandhinagar 2025.
Competitions
- Ahmedabad Side Events 2026 · 29 Aug 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Mumbai Monsoon Cube Fiesta 2026 · 9 Aug 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Mumbai Twistathon 2026 · 27 Jun 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Ileseum Cube Open 2026 · 24 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Surat Cube Open 2026 · 10 May 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Synocubix Gandhinagar 2026 · 28 Feb 2026
- SVNIT Cube Open 2026 · 10 Jan 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- AML IIT Gandhinagar Open 2025 · 8 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Korum Winter Cube Challenge 2025 · 1 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- DAU Gandhinagar Cube Open 2025 · 12 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Fastest Fingers First Pune 2025 · 14 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Pune Cube Carnival 2025 · 21 Jun 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Synocubix Gandhinagar 2025 · 22 Feb 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Amalthea Cube Open 2024 · 10 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Synocubix 2020 · 16 Feb 2020
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.
- Trishan Gupta — met in 60 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
- Anas Jethva — met in 55 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Abhijeet Ghodgaonkar (अभिजीत घोडगावकर) — met in 54 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.85 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.72 away.
Targets move as he improves.