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Niveth Kayanaparambil Dev

3×3 · top 6.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2022 · 2022DEVN01

Niveth Kayanaparambil Dev has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.61, set at Wichita Art Museum Winter 2023, puts him in the top 6.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 677th in India. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since February 2022, he has put 57 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 18% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.56 in February 2022 to 9.61, a 17% improvement. Niveth has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 6.4% of 284,439 all-time
9.61
signature single · Wichita Art Museum Winter 2023
57
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
3×39.6112.34
top 6.4%677 / 20,018
2×23.056.20
top 14.8%1,223 / 12,146
Pyraminx7.9312.16
top 35.6%2,262 / 8,934
4×41:15.221:22.45
top 51.8%1,736 / 4,186

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

Kansas Cubing Open Winter 2022: 11.56Wichita Art Museum Winter 2023: 9.61Springfield Summer Open 2023: 10.069.6111.565 Feb 202226 Aug 2023

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.

  • Dan Smith — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
  • Jake Maddox — met in 10 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Tyler McCurry — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead 4 times

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.61 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.05 away.

Targets move as he improves.