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Niten Mukesh

2×2 · top 11.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since February 2014 · 2014MUKE01

Niten Mukesh has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.77, set at National Cubing Region Open 2015, puts him in the top 11.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 970th in India. Across 8 competitions since February 2014, he has put 182 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 63% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.10 in February 2014 to 12.07, a 29% improvement. Niten has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 11.7% of 186,767 all-time
2.77
signature single · National Cubing Region Open 2015
182
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 63% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
2×22.776.92
top 11.7%970 / 12,146
3×312.0715.67
top 14.1%1,716 / 20,018
Pyraminx7.5012.48
top 32.0%2,030 / 8,934
4×41:24.521:39.98
top 59.5%2,067 / 4,186
3×3 one-handed40.8849.30
top 66.5%2,675 / 4,516
Skewb18.8128.19
top 87.7%2,737 / 3,524
5×54:11.82
top 93.1%1,327 / 1,525
Megaminx5:35.04
early days — 2 solves1,363 / 1,443
6×68:26.51
early days — 2 solves512 / 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

Delhi Open 2014: 17.10IIT Roorkee Open 2014: 18.36PB Smashathon 2015: 18.93MathSoc Open 2015: 15.75National Cubing Region Open 2015: 14.96Indian Nationals 2015: 17.64Akash Open 2015: 12.07Indian Nationals 2016: 14.2112.0718.9328 Feb 201425 Mar 2016

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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.77 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.07 away.

Targets move as he improves.