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Nithesh Balaji

Pyraminx · top 80.5% of 129,321 all-time · competing since June 2024 · 2024BALA14

Nithesh Balaji has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 14.63, set at Tamil Nadu Cube Challenge 2024, puts him in the top 80.5% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6,076th in India. Across 2 competitions since June 2024, he has put 24 official solves on the record across four events. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:01.26 in June 2024 to 50.20, an 18% improvement. Nithesh has entered two competitions.

Pyraminx
best event — top 80.5% of 129,321 all-time
14.63
signature single · Tamil Nadu Cube Challenge 2024
24
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
Pyraminx14.6323.82
top 80.5%6,076 / 8,934
3×350.2057.48
top 86.2%14,886 / 20,018
2×218.5623.48
top 94.5%10,787 / 12,146
Skewb27.91
early days — 2 solves3,225 / 3,524

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

Tamil Nadu Cube Challenge 2024: 1:01.26SSN Cube Open 2025: 50.2050.201:01.262 Jun 20248 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-12 Pyraminx single — 86,891 people have one; it is 2.63 away.
  • A sub-50 3×3 single — 244,718 people have one; it is 0.20 away.

Targets move as he improves.