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Nived Gopi
4×4 · top 6.6% of 83,917 all-time · competing since June 2018 · 2018GOPI02
Nived Gopi has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 34.92, set at Trivandrum Cube Open 2025, puts him in the top 6.6% of the 83,917 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 175th in India. Until October 2010, no official 4×4 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since June 2018, he has put 116 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 22% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.18 in June 2018 to 11.06, a 32% improvement. Nived has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | India | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4×4 | 34.92 | 42.40 | top 6.6% | 175 / 4,186 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.65 | 20.53 | top 9.5% | 307 / 4,516 | |
| 3×3 | 11.06 | 13.30 | top 10.7% | 1,222 / 20,018 | |
| 2×2 | 3.01 | 4.23 | top 14.3% | 1,182 / 12,146 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.74 | 10.17 | top 34.0% | 2,155 / 8,934 |
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
- 11 Jan 2025Four personal bests in one day at Trivandrum Cube Open 2025.
- 3 Aug 2024Three personal bests in one day at mcubes Alleppey Open 2024.
- 13 Aug 2022First sub-15 3×3: 12.66 at mcubes Open 2022.
- 9 Jun 2018First competition: Venice of the East Open 2018. A 16.18 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Trivandrum Cube Open 2025 · 11 Jan 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- mcubes Alleppey Open 2024 · 3 Aug 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Reliance Alleppey Open 2023 · 18 Nov 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- mcubes Open 2022 · 13 Aug 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Venice of the East Open 2018 · 9 Jun 2018
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.
- Ritesh R Nair — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Shanie Kerstin K — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Smijo P. Abraham (സ്മിജോ പി എബ്രഹാം) — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 4.92 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 0.65 away.
Targets move as he improves.