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Nitin Nathan

4×4 · top 0.64% of 83,917 all-time · competing since May 2015 · 2015NATH02

Nitin Nathan has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 24.77, set at Mystic Cubikon 2025, puts him in the top 0.64% of the 83,917 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 110th in the United States. Until January 2014, no official 4×4 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 42 competitions since May 2015, he has put 1,732 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 73% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.10 in May 2015 to 6.31, a 73% improvement. Nitin has entered 42 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

4×4
best event — top 0.64% of 83,917 all-time
24.77
signature single · Mystic Cubikon 2025
1,732
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 73% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
4×424.7731.30
top 0.64%110 / 19,072
3×36.317.88
top 0.69%453 / 59,724
Skewb1.733.62
top 0.78%124 / 18,907
Pyraminx2.024.49
top 1.2%324 / 28,708
2×21.432.03
top 1.9%734 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed12.6316.20
top 3.8%567 / 15,683
5×51:03.521:12.79
top 7.5%592 / 9,401
Square-119.5823.09
top 27.0%1,773 / 6,743
Megaminx1:36.891:47.95
top 32.6%2,302 / 7,841
Clock13.3415.09
top 41.1%3,274 / 8,927
6×63:43.164:16.78
early days — 3 solves2,287 / 4,196

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: 23.10REC Cube Challenge 2015: 15.37Shaastra Cube Open 2016: 13.56Carte Blanche Kube Open 2017: 12.10SRM Cube Open 2017: 11.68Indian Nationals 2017: 11.96Cubing Kerala Alappey Open 2017: 9.42ICC Juniors August 2017: 10.94NIT Trichy Open 2017: 10.57Indian Cube Challenge 2017: 9.74Shaastra Cube Open 2018: 7.59CMI Tessellate Cube Open 2018: 9.56Carte Blanche Kube Open 2018: 9.83Takshashila Cube Open 2018: 9.66SRM Cube Open 2018: 9.12Oakridge Cube Open - April 2018: 9.56Indian Nationals 2018: 8.16SSN Cube Open 2018: 8.84IIITDM Cube Open 2018: 8.37Bangalore Open 2018: 8.18CMI Autumn Open 2018: 8.61Phoenix C3 Open 2018: 8.43Shaastra Cube Open 2019: 8.39CMI Tessellate Cube Open 2019: 9.07Indian Nationals 2019: 8.23Bengaluru Summer Open 2019: 8.49Sri Ramachandra Cube Open 2019: 8.40SSN Cube Open 2019: 8.02Chennai Cube Open 2019: 7.97SRM Cube Open 2019: 6.56VSVN Cube Open 2019: 9.75C3 Cup Finale 2019: 6.31CMI Tessellate Cube Open 2020: 7.83CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2022: 8.04Cambridge Cube Clash 2025: 7.31Mystic Cubikon 2025: 7.95Flushing Glow Autumn AM 2025: 7.91Loon Cubikon NH 2025: 7.60NYU Spring 2026: 7.43Flushing Glow Afternoon 2026: 6.57Mystic Cubikon 2026: 7.366.3123.1029 May 201526 Jul 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-20 4×4 single — 42 people have one; it is 4.77 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.31 away.

Targets move as he improves.