People · India
Niteesh Eluri
3×3 · top 5.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2022 · 2022ELUR01
Niteesh Eluri has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.36, set at Cool Down Berkeley 2024, puts him in the top 5.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 600th in India. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since April 2022, he has put 142 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 80% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.29 in April 2022 to 9.36, a 34% improvement. Niteesh has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | India | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.36 | 12.34 | top 5.7% | 600 / 20,018 | |
| 2×2 | 3.79 | 4.95 | top 23.8% | 2,075 / 12,146 | |
| 4×4 | 1:05.24 | 1:08.13 | top 42.0% | 1,366 / 4,186 | |
| 5×5 | 2:55.89 | — | top 76.7% | 1,050 / 1,525 |
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
- 3 Nov 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.36 at Cool Down Berkeley 2024.
- 17 Sep 2023Three personal bests in one day at SacCubing XV 2023.
- 3 Apr 2022First competition: Bay Area Speedcubin' 29 PM 2022. A 14.40 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Dublin California Open 2025 · 22 Nov 2025
- West Coast Cubing Western Championship 2025 · 29 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Cool Down Berkeley 2024 · 3 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Davis Fall 2024 · 20 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley Summer 2024 · 9 Jun 2024
- Berkeley Winter 2024 · 4 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- SacCubing XV 2023 · 17 Sep 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Berkeley Spring 2023 · 12 Mar 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 34 - San Ramon 2022 · 3 Jul 2022
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 29 PM 2022 · 3 Apr 2022 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Paul Mahvi — met in 24 rounds, never finished ahead
- Varun Mohanraj — met in 24 rounds, never finished ahead
- An Le — met in 23 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.36 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.79 away.
Targets move as he improves.