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Nithin Chalavadi

Pyraminx · top 7.7% of 129,321 all-time · competing since October 2015 · 2015CHAL04

Nithin Chalavadi has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 4.01, set at Anaadyanta Cube Open 2018, puts him in the top 7.7% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,966th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since October 2015, he has put 290 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 88% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 2×2 best has come down from 4.42 in October 2015 to 2.38, a 46% improvement. Nithin has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 7.7% of 129,321 all-time
4.01
signature single · Anaadyanta Cube Open 2018
290
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 88% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Pyraminx4.016.70
top 7.7%1,966 / 28,708
2×22.383.97
top 7.8%3,062 / 40,951
Skewb3.787.76
top 9.4%1,446 / 18,907
3×312.6117.39
top 16.1%8,601 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed38.3449.87
top 62.9%8,891 / 15,683

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

APJ BLD Open 2015: 4.42Brain Studio Winter Open 2015: 3.81Cube On Bengaluru 2016: 3.38IIA Summer Open 2016: 3.43IIA Summer Open April 2017: 3.98IIA Summer Open - May 2017: 3.07ICC Juniors August 2017: 3.68Anaadyanta Cube Open 2018: 2.38Bengaluru Championship 2018: 2.912.384.4231 Oct 201527 Jul 2018

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.01 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.38 away.

Targets move as he improves.