People · United States
Nitin Subramanian
3×3 · top 3.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2014 · 2014SUBR04
Nitin Subramanian has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.10, set at CubingUSA Western Championship 2018, puts him in the top 3.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,684th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 49 competitions since November 2014, he has put 897 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 55% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.01 in November 2014 to 8.10, a 46% improvement. Nitin has entered 49 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.10 | 9.94 | top 3.0% | 1,684 / 59,724 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 14.51 | 18.38 | top 7.1% | 953 / 15,683 | |
| 2×2 | 2.71 | 4.99 | top 11.0% | 4,349 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:10.40 | 1:31.94 | top 16.2% | 316 / 2,092 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 10 of 10 cubes · 57:19 | — | top 18.2% | 126 / 731 | |
| Skewb | 5.23 | 9.59 | top 20.0% | 3,169 / 18,907 | |
| 4×4 | 54.13 | 1:04.02 | top 29.7% | 4,652 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 38 moves | — | top 40.9% | 879 / 2,040 | |
| 5×5 | 2:11.99 | 2:39.57 | top 56.5% | 4,798 / 9,401 |
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
- 15 Jun 2018Three personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Western Championship 2018.
- 18 Mar 2018Three personal bests in one day at Bay Area Speedcubin' 11 2018.
- 13 Jan 2018Three personal bests in one day at South Enough 2018.
- 20 May 2017First sub-10 3×3: 9.54 at Bay Area Speedcubin' 10 2017.
- 11 Jul 2015Three personal bests in one day at BASC 7 2015.
- 28 Feb 2015First sub-15 3×3: 14.60 at BASC 5: Everything But 2x2 2015.
Competitions
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 69 2026 · 29 Aug 2026
- WCC Western Championship 2022 · 7 Oct 2022
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 36 2022 · 6 Aug 2022
- Berkeley Summer 2022 · 11 Jun 2022
- A Bruin Cube Day 2022 · 8 May 2022
- Anaheim Winter A 2022 · 5 Feb 2022
- Trinity Valley Spring 2020 · 22 Feb 2020
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 24 2020 · 15 Feb 2020
- SacCubing IX 2020 · 25 Jan 2020
- Hawaii Big Island 2020 · 19 Jan 2020
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 21 2019 · 1 Dec 2019
- Berkeley Fall 2019 · 10 Nov 2019
- CubingUSA Nationals 2019 · 1 Aug 2019
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 18 2019 · 7 Jul 2019
- CubingUSA Western Championship 2019 · 22 Jun 2019
- SacCubing VII 2019 · 25 May 2019
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 16 2019 · 11 May 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley Spring 2019 · 21 Apr 2019
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 13 2019 · 13 Jan 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Hawaii 2018 · 24 Nov 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley Summer 2018 · 15 Sep 2018 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2018 · 27 Jul 2018 — 1 personal best set
- West Coast Cubing Tour - Cupertino 2018 · 15 Jul 2018
- CubingUSA Western Championship 2018 · 15 Jun 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Qualifornia 2018 · 6 May 2018
- CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2018 · 13 Apr 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Berkeley Spring 2018 · 7 Apr 2018
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 11 2018 · 18 Mar 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Berkeley Winter 2018 · 24 Feb 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Reno Winter 2018 · 17 Feb 2018
- Please Be Quiet LA 2018 · 3 Feb 2018 — 1 personal best set
- SacCubing III 2018 · 27 Jan 2018
- South Enough 2018 · 13 Jan 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- San Ramon Cubed 2017 · 28 Oct 2017 — 1 personal best set
- San Francisco Bay Open 2017 · 8 Oct 2017 — 1 personal best set
- SacCubing II 2017 · 26 Aug 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Northwest Championships 2017 · 11 Aug 2017
- San Ramon 2017 · 15 Jul 2017
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 10 2017 · 20 May 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Berkeley Spring 2017 · 15 Apr 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Berkeley Winter 2017 · 11 Feb 2017
- Armin Open 2017 · 21 Jan 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 9 2016 · 25 Jun 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 8 2016 · 3 Jan 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Please Be Quiet 2015 · 4 Oct 2015 — 1 personal best set
- BASC 7 2015 · 11 Jul 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- SPCS Stanford Spring 2015 · 19 Apr 2015
- BASC 5: Everything But 2x2 2015 · 28 Feb 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- BASC 4: Día de los Cubos 2014 · 2 Nov 2014
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.
- Graham Siggins — met in 124 rounds, finished ahead 44 times
- Paul Mahvi — met in 123 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Ryan Jew — met in 120 rounds, finished ahead 45 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.10 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 2.51 away.
Targets move as he improves.