People · India
Nithin Babu
3×3 · top 0.86% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2012 · 2012BABU01
Nithin Babu has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.51, set at CMI Autumn Open 2018, puts him in the top 0.86% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 78th in India. Until May 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 21 competitions since October 2012, he has put 1,093 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 51% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.90 in October 2012 to 6.51, a 69% improvement. Nithin has entered 21 competitions, more competitions than 97% 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 | 6.51 | 8.91 | top 0.86% | 78 / 20,018 | |
| 2×2 | 1.24 | 1.87 | top 1.2% | 80 / 12,146 | |
| 4×4 | 28.27 | 34.88 | top 1.9% | 46 / 4,186 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 12.14 | 13.53 | top 3.2% | 95 / 4,516 | |
| 5×5 | 1:03.02 | 1:06.58 | top 7.2% | 82 / 1,525 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.19 | 7.41 | top 14.4% | 829 / 8,934 | |
| 6×6 | 2:40.99 | 3:02.52 | top 31.3% | 127 / 531 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:10.93 | — | top 36.9% | 166 / 598 | |
| 7×7 | 4:35.90 | 4:49.85 | top 43.1% | 135 / 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
- 2 Mar 2019Three personal bests in one day at Carte Blanche Kube Open 2019.
- 1 Feb 2019Three personal bests in one day at CMI Tessellate Cube Open 2019.
- 27 Oct 2018Three personal bests in one day at CMI Autumn Open 2018.
- 29 May 2015Three personal bests in one day at Indian Nationals 2015.
- 3 Jan 2015Five personal bests in one day at Shaastra Cube Open 2015.
- 26 Sep 2014Four personal bests in one day at VIT Rubiks Cube Challenge 2014.
Competitions
- CMI Tessellate Cube Open 2020 · 31 Jan 2020 — 1 personal best set
- C3 Cup Finale 2019 · 28 Dec 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Carte Blanche Kube Open 2019 · 2 Mar 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- CMI Tessellate Cube Open 2019 · 1 Feb 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Shaastra Cube Open 2019 · 5 Jan 2019 — 1 personal best set
- CMI Autumn Open 2018 · 27 Oct 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Shaastra Cube Open 2016 · 23 Jan 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- REC Cube Challenge 2015 · 2 Oct 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Indian Nationals 2015 · 29 May 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- Shaastra Cube Open 2015 · 3 Jan 2015 — 5 personal bests set
- VIT Rubiks Cube Challenge 2014 · 26 Sep 2014 — 4 personal bests set
- Aaruush Cube Open 2014 · 13 Sep 2014 — 3 personal bests set
- Pantheon Cube Open 2014 · 12 Apr 2014
- CMI Fiesta Open 2014 · 21 Mar 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Carte Blanche Kube Open 2014 · 15 Feb 2014 — 4 personal bests set
- Shaastra Cube Open 2014 · 4 Jan 2014 — 4 personal bests set
- Tathva Cube Open 2013 · 19 Oct 2013 — 2 personal bests set
- VIT Rubik's Challenge 2013 · 28 Sep 2013 — 6 personal bests set
- CMI Fiesta Open 2013 · 29 Mar 2013 — 6 personal bests set
- Shaastra Cube Open 2013 · 5 Jan 2013 — 7 personal bests set
- Chennai Mathematical Institute Open 2012 · 6 Oct 2012
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.
- Bhargav Narasimhan — met in 148 rounds, finished ahead 65 times
- Kesava Kirupa — met in 131 rounds, finished ahead 61 times
- Aditya Hari — met in 120 rounds, finished ahead 107 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.51 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.24 away.
Targets move as he improves.