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Nitesh Risal

3×3 · top 50.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2019 · 2019RISA01

Nitesh Risal has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 23.98, set at City of Lakes Nepal 2020, puts him in the top 50.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 241st in Nepal. Across 3 competitions since January 2019, he has put 45 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 33.54 in January 2019 to 23.98, a 29% improvement. Nitesh has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 50.3% of 284,439 all-time
23.98
signature single · City of Lakes Nepal 2020
45
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNepal
3×323.9827.79
top 50.3%241 / 562
2×29.2810.86
top 74.9%202 / 262
3×3 one-handed1:04.241:22.77
top 86.3%121 / 132
Pyraminx22.4124.46
top 95.3%181 / 193

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

Pokhara Cube Open 2019: 33.54City of Lakes Open 2019: 26.71City of Lakes Nepal 2020: 23.9823.9833.545 Jan 201929 Feb 2020

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-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 3.98 away.
  • A sub-8 2×2 single — 126,624 people have one; it is 1.28 away.

Targets move as he improves.