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Nitin Nagarkar

2×2 · top 5.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2015 · 2015NAGA04

Nitin Nagarkar has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.15, set at Indian Nationals 2016, puts him in the top 5.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 446th in India. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since May 2015, he has put 227 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 85% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:08.39 in May 2015 to 14.82, a 78% improvement. Nitin has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 5.8% of 186,767 all-time
2.15
signature single · Indian Nationals 2016
227
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 85% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
2×22.155.48
top 5.8%446 / 12,146
Pyraminx6.349.42
top 22.5%1,360 / 8,934
3×314.8215.95
top 23.8%3,077 / 20,018
Skewb6.5512.54
top 30.1%841 / 3,524
4×41:39.82
top 70.5%2,507 / 4,186
3×3 one-handed48.2755.34
top 75.1%3,071 / 4,516

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

Indian Nationals 2015: 1:08.39Brain Studio Cube Open 2015: 30.98APJ BLD Open 2015: 21.38Rubik's Cube Mumbai Open 2015: 19.65Cube On Bengaluru 2016: 20.87Indian Nationals 2016: 19.31IIA Summer Open 2016: 17.97Anaadyanta Cube Open 2017: 14.82Bangalore Open 2018: 14.9014.821:08.3929 May 201520 Oct 2018

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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.15 away.
  • A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 0.34 away.

Targets move as he improves.