People · India
Nithilan S
3×3 · top 12.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2023 · 2023SNIT02
Nithilan S has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.66, set at VIT Cube Open 2025, puts him in the top 12.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,499th in India. Across 6 competitions since September 2023, he has put 91 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 19% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.44 in September 2023 to 11.66, a 13% improvement. Nithilan has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | India | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 11.66 | 14.07 | top 12.7% | 1,499 / 20,018 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.76 | 21.53 | top 14.5% | 495 / 4,516 | |
| 4×4 | 45.48 | 51.75 | top 18.9% | 519 / 4,186 | |
| 2×2 | 3.51 | 7.55 | top 20.3% | 1,746 / 12,146 | |
| 5×5 | 1:38.55 | 1:52.17 | top 34.3% | 423 / 1,525 | |
| 6×6 | 3:18.35 | 3:52.25 | top 49.7% | 230 / 531 | |
| 7×7 | 6:36.98 | — | early days — 2 solves | 266 / 360 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 17 Jan 2026Four personal bests in one day at Pravega IISc BLR Cube Open 2026.
- 23 Sep 2023First competition: SSN Cube Saturday 2023. A 13.44 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Pravega IISc BLR Cube Open 2026 · 17 Jan 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Kalanjiam Cubing Challenge 2025 · 28 Dec 2025
- SSN Cube Challenge 2025 · 15 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- VIT Cube Open 2025 · 13 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- CMI Tessellate Cube Open 2024 · 26 Jan 2024
- SSN Cube Saturday 2023 · 23 Sep 2023
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.
- Dhruv Thirumalairajan — met in 23 rounds, never finished ahead
- Varnika Sri Palli — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Arun Kannan — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.66 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 2.76 away.
Targets move as he improves.