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Nitin Kumar (நிதின் குமார்)

3×3 · top 1.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2018 · 2018KUMA01

Nitin Kumar (நிதின் குமார்) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.16, set at La La Land 2024, puts him in the top 1.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 914th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 60 competitions since January 2018, he has put 1,589 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 79% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 38.91 in January 2018 to 7.16, an 82% improvement. Nitin has entered 60 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.5% of 284,439 all-time
7.16
signature single · La La Land 2024
1,589
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 79% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×37.169.48
top 1.5%914 / 59,724
2×21.383.58
top 1.6%657 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed14.4817.68
top 7.0%944 / 15,683
Pyraminx4.387.57
top 9.6%2,484 / 28,708
4×443.1648.68
top 16.0%2,418 / 19,072
5×51:18.051:24.13
top 17.6%1,364 / 9,401
6×62:30.612:50.73
top 25.9%917 / 4,196
3×3 blindfolded2:03.603:50.45
top 34.6%716 / 2,092
Megaminx1:40.061:58.45
top 34.7%2,461 / 7,841
Clock12.3513.79
top 36.7%2,905 / 8,927
Skewb7.4212.61
top 36.9%6,299 / 18,907
7×74:20.174:44.43
top 37.7%1,055 / 3,184
3×3 Fewest Moves38 moves46.00
top 40.9%879 / 2,040
Square-11:17.41—
top 91.9%6,238 / 6,743
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 4 cubes · 33:30—
early days — 1 solve710 / 731

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

Shaastra Cube Open 2018: 38.91Takshashila Cube Open 2018: 35.04SSN Cube Open 2018: 22.46Phoenix C3 Open 2018: 18.69Shaastra Cube Open 2019: 14.65Carte Blanche Kube Open 2019: 15.57SSN Cube Open 2019: 12.73C3 Cup Finale 2019: 12.07CMI Tessellate Cube Open 2020: 11.13Westview Winter B 2021: 10.95Anaheim Winter B 2022: 11.48Phoenix Cube Challenge 2022: 10.81Irvine Summer 2022: 10.46WCC Western Championship 2022: 10.70San Diego's Final Cube-Down 2022: 9.80Marshall Cubing Spring 2023: 10.86A Bruin Cube Day Spring 2023: 9.14Agoura Cubing 2023: 10.19CubingUSA Western Championship 2023: 8.63Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023: 10.33Santa Ana Summer B 2023: 9.60Corona Summer 2023: 9.17Irvine Fall 2023: 9.48UCSD Unofficial Events 2023: 9.90UCSD Winter 2023: 9.71University Heights Cubing Winter 2024: 9.17Catalina Cube Mixer 2024: 8.97Fullerton Winter 2024: 9.81Bobcat Battle Newcomers 2024: 9.67Solar Eclipse in Sycamore 2024: 8.87Westview Cubing Favorites 2024: 9.58Nub Open Mission Viejo Summer 2024: 8.87Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024: 9.06La La Land 2024: 7.16UCSB Cubing 2024: 10.37CubeChella 2024: 10.53Santa Barbara Winter 2025: 8.54Bay Area Side Events Day 2025: 10.38Cube Against Cancer - Orange County 2025: 10.21Agoura Side Events Day 2025: 8.53Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 9.06Cool Down Szczecin 2025: 9.22Czech Open 2025: 8.56Hungarian All-Rounder 8 2025: 9.61Nub Open Trabuco Hills Fall 2025: 9.28UCSB Favorites 2025: 9.18Simi Mini A 2026: 8.91Salados en Mexicali 2026: 9.13Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 10.01Cube Factory League Brzeziny 2026: 8.277.1638.916 Jan 20188 Aug 2026

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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.16 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.38 away.

Targets move as he improves.