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Nitin Kunaparaju
Pyraminx · top 4.1% of 130,891 all-time · competing since September 2019 · 2019KUNA01
Nitin Kunaparaju has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.12, set at Mountain House Open 2026, puts him in the top 4.1% of the 130,891 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,098th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since September 2019, he has put 275 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 88% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.74 in September 2019 to 10.06, a 43% improvement. Nitin has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.12 | 4.82 | top 4.1% | 1,098 / 29,168 | |
| 3×3 | 10.06 | 12.16 | top 7.7% | 4,275 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 2.40 | 3.44 | top 8.0% | 3,199 / 41,674 | |
| Skewb | 4.87 | 7.99 | top 17.2% | 2,756 / 19,164 | |
| 4×4 | 45.52 | 49.19 | top 19.0% | 2,911 / 19,354 | |
| Megaminx | 1:19.18 | 1:30.47 | top 21.3% | 1,494 / 8,026 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.30 | 21.57 | top 21.4% | 2,763 / 15,900 | |
| 5×5 | 1:25.32 | 1:46.76 | top 23.7% | 1,860 / 9,537 | |
| Square-1 | 24.04 | 34.66 | top 37.0% | 2,435 / 6,846 | |
| Clock | 15.55 | 19.37 | top 50.1% | 4,205 / 9,172 |
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
- 23 May 2026Six personal bests in one day at West Coast Cubing Western Championship 2026.
- 15 Feb 2026Three personal bests in one day at UCLA Spring 2026.
- 18 Nov 2023First sub-15 3×3: 11.20 at Berkeley Fall 2023.
- 18 Nov 2023Four personal bests in one day at Berkeley Fall 2023.
- 8 Sep 2019First competition: SacCubing VIII 2019. A 17.74 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Benicia Open II 2026 · 12 Sep 2026
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 69 2026 · 29 Aug 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Mountain House Open 2026 · 18 Jul 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Alameda County Fair 2026 · 27 Jun 2026
- West Coast Cubing Western Championship 2026 · 23 May 2026 — 6 personal bests set
- City of STEM LA 2026 · 26 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- UCLA Spring 2026 · 15 Feb 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Berkeley Summer 2024 · 9 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley Fall 2023 · 18 Nov 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- SacCubing VIII 2019 · 8 Sep 2019
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.
- Daniel Cho — met in 46 rounds, finished ahead 28 times
- Chris Martin — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead 36 times
- Abhimanyu Singhal — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,783 people have one; it is 0.12 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.06 away.
Targets move as he improves.