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Nitesh Kumar

Pyraminx · top 17.0% of 129,321 all-time · competing since July 2019 · 2019KUMA40

Nitesh Kumar has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 5.59, set at SRM Cube Open 2019, puts him in the top 17.0% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,005th in India. Across 5 competitions since July 2019, he has put 70 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.08 in July 2019 to 15.38, a 43% improvement. Nitesh has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 17.0% of 129,321 all-time
5.59
signature single · SRM Cube Open 2019
70
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
Pyraminx5.599.52
top 17.0%1,005 / 8,934
3×3 Fewest Moves33 moves
early days — 1 solve88 / 600
3×315.3819.35
top 25.7%3,370 / 20,018
2×25.487.36
top 45.1%4,274 / 12,146
3×3 one-handed34.6639.93
top 56.6%2,234 / 4,516
4×41:42.81
early days — 2 solves2,585 / 4,186
5×53:49.92
top 90.2%1,271 / 1,525
3×3 blindfolded8:04.40
early days — 1 solve560 / 598

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

SSN Cube Open 2019: 27.08SRM Cube Open 2019: 19.54CMI Tessellate Cube Open 2020: 17.19Pragyan Cube Open 2025: 15.3815.3827.0827 Jul 201922 Feb 2025

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-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.59 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 0.38 away.

Targets move as he improves.