People · United States
Nishkal Pandya
Clock · top 1.5% of 32,817 all-time · competing since June 2024 · 2024PAND09
Nishkal Pandya has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 3.52, set at Hazlet Fall 2026, puts him in the top 1.5% of the 32,817 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 144th in the United States. Until July 2018, no official Clock solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since June 2024, he has put 269 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 93% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.03 in June 2024 to 10.76, a 60% improvement. Nishkal has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clock | 3.52 | 6.70 | top 1.5% | 144 / 9,172 | |
| 2×2 | 1.42 | 3.95 | top 1.8% | 740 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 | 10.76 | 12.29 | top 9.8% | 5,391 / 60,666 | |
| Square-1 | 13.96 | 22.44 | top 14.1% | 976 / 6,846 | |
| 4×4 | 43.70 | 48.61 | top 16.7% | 2,565 / 19,354 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.11 | 9.42 | top 20.8% | 5,699 / 29,168 | |
| 5×5 | 1:25.14 | 1:40.72 | top 23.5% | 1,848 / 9,537 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.17 | 27.71 | top 29.3% | 3,838 / 15,900 | |
| Skewb | 7.49 | 10.78 | top 37.5% | 6,486 / 19,164 | |
| 6×6 | 3:20.48 | 3:24.71 | top 50.8% | 1,932 / 4,262 | |
| Megaminx | 3:00.31 | — | early days — 2 solves | 5,951 / 8,026 |
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
- 11 Oct 2026Three personal bests in one day at Hazlet Fall 2026.
- 9 Aug 2026Five personal bests in one day at Mid-Atlantic Warm-Up 2026.
- 28 Feb 2026Six personal bests in one day at Liberty Science Center Open A 2026.
- 13 Sep 2025Six personal bests in one day at Liberty Science Center Fall A 2025.
- 9 Aug 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.29 at Cubing in the Ocean County 2025.
- 9 Aug 2025Four personal bests in one day at Cubing in the Ocean County 2025.
Competitions
- Hazlet Fall 2026 · 11 Oct 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Mid-Atlantic Warm-Up 2026 · 9 Aug 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- NYU Spring 2026 · 5 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Manhattan Megaminx Mayhem 2026 · 21 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Lodi Solves Spring 2026 · 7 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Liberty Science Center Open A 2026 · 28 Feb 2026 — 6 personal bests set
- Manhattan Mini PM 2025 · 20 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Liberty Science Center Fall A 2025 · 13 Sep 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- Cubing in the Ocean County 2025 · 9 Aug 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- American Dream NJ 2025 · 4 May 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Liberty Science Center Open B 2025 · 16 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing in the Ocean County 2024 · 29 Jun 2024
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.
- Aaron Jake Wong — met in 41 rounds, never finished ahead
- Milan Vincent Andric — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Ryan Kern — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-3 Clock single — 248 people have one; it is 0.52 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.42 away.
Targets move as he improves.