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Nitesh Kumar Deshmukh

3×3 · top 15.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2012 · 2012DESH01

Nitesh Kumar Deshmukh has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.54, set at Indian Nationals 2016, puts him in the top 15.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,943rd in India. Across 40 competitions since October 2012, he has put 827 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 60% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.62 in October 2012 to 12.54, a 39% improvement. Nitesh has entered 40 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 15.8% of 284,439 all-time
12.54
signature single · Indian Nationals 2016
827
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 60% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
3×312.5416.35
top 15.8%1,943 / 20,018
4×448.0358.16
top 22.2%647 / 4,186
2×24.147.40
top 28.3%2,465 / 12,146
5×51:44.121:58.30
top 38.4%479 / 1,525
6×64:00.484:17.68
top 65.5%325 / 531
Clock22.0924.92
top 70.3%654 / 1,092
Square-153.721:24.90
top 79.2%566 / 805
7×77:46.47—
early days — 3 solves310 / 360
Megaminx3:48.654:21.13
top 87.9%1,138 / 1,443
3×3 blindfolded8:11.10—
early days — 1 solve564 / 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

DJ SpeedCubing Open 2012: 20.62Techfest Cube Mania 2013: 18.04Speed Cubing Mumbai Unlimited 2013: 19.44Techfest Cube Mania 2014: 16.71Indian Nationals 2014: 17.61MathSoc Open 2015: 15.58Indian Nationals 2015: 19.36Avenues CUBELELO Open 2015: 16.27Plenty o' Parity 2015: 17.64Rubik's Cube Mumbai Open 2015: 13.72Great Indian Cubeathon 2016: 13.57MathSoc Open 2016: 14.61Indian Nationals 2016: 12.54National Cubing Region Open 2016: 16.07SSN Cube Open 2016: 15.31Rubik's Cube Pune Open 2016: 15.71Cubelelo Winter Open 2016: 15.93Polyhedra Open 2017: 16.94SynoCubix Open 2017: 17.83Anokha Cubing Royale 2017: 17.19Indian Nationals 2017: 19.55IIA Summer Open - May 2017: 17.37Mumbai Monsoon Open 2017: 15.71ICC Juniors August 2017: 16.58 Raipur Cube Challenge 2017: 14.42Avenues Rubik's Cube Open 2017: 15.15Raipur Cube Challenge 2.0 2017: 14.84Raipur Summer Cube Open 2018: 13.23Indian Nationals 2018: 16.25Raipur June Cube Challenge 2018: 15.08Raipur Cube Championship 2018: 17.74Indian Nationals 2019: 13.87Raipur Summer Cube Open 2019: 18.51Independence Cube Open 2019: 13.78Raipur Cube Carnival 2019: 14.16Cubing Returns Raipur 2022: 12.83Cubing Returns Bengaluru 2022: 15.74Mor Raipur Cubing Challenge 2022: 16.48CubeX Summer Open Bangalore 2024: 16.2812.5420.6213 Oct 201218 May 2024

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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.54 away.
  • A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 8.03 away.

Targets move as he improves.