People · India
Niyati Malhotra
3×3 · top 14.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2022 · 2022MALH06
Niyati Malhotra has been competing for 4 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.14, set at Moksha Cubing 2023, puts her in the top 14.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,750th in India. Across 13 competitions since September 2022, she has put 268 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 83% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Her 3×3 best has come down from 19.43 in September 2022 to 12.14, a 38% improvement. Niyati has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | India | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 12.14 | 13.75 | top 14.4% | 1,750 / 20,018 | |
| 5×5 | 1:23.46 | 1:35.02 | top 21.9% | 245 / 1,525 | |
| 4×4 | 53.08 | 1:01.83 | top 28.4% | 856 / 4,186 | |
| 6×6 | 2:41.63 | 2:51.65 | top 31.6% | 128 / 531 | |
| 7×7 | 4:18.62 | 4:35.86 | top 37.1% | 110 / 360 | |
| 2×2 | 5.17 | 6.77 | top 41.4% | 3,869 / 12,146 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.85 | 14.86 | top 43.5% | 2,827 / 8,934 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 44.63 | 52.78 | top 71.1% | 2,877 / 4,516 | |
| Megaminx | 3:46.73 | 4:24.31 | top 87.5% | 1,132 / 1,443 | |
| Skewb | 25.77 | 34.01 | top 95.3% | 3,143 / 3,524 |
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
- 30 Jul 2023Three personal bests in one day at Delhi Big Cube Bash 2023.
- 20 May 2023Seven personal bests in one day at Howrah Cube Open 2023.
- 17 Feb 2023Five personal bests in one day at Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 2023.
- 14 Jan 2023Three personal bests in one day at Mathsoc Delhi Open 2023.
- 4 Dec 2022First sub-15 3×3: 14.52 at BCM Arya Cubing Challenge 2022.
- 4 Dec 2022Three personal bests in one day at BCM Arya Cubing Challenge 2022.
Competitions
- Delhi Cube Open 2025 · 8 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Odd Day In Delhi 2024 · 29 Dec 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Gurugram Monsoon Cube Open 2024 · 29 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Gurugram Spring Open 2024 · 30 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Gurugram Cube Open 2023 · 7 Oct 2023
- Delhi Big Cube Bash 2023 · 30 Jul 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Howrah Cube Open 2023 · 20 May 2023 — 7 personal bests set
- Moksha Cubing 2023 · 25 Mar 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 2023 · 17 Feb 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Mathsoc Delhi Open 2023 · 14 Jan 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- BCM Arya Cubing Challenge 2022 · 4 Dec 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Delhi Big Cube Open 2022 · 17 Sep 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- IISER Mohali Cube Open 2022 · 11 Sep 2022
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 her.
- Aryan Chhabra — met in 55 rounds, never finished ahead
- Kunal Oak — met in 52 rounds, never finished ahead
- Piyush Passi — met in 51 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.14 away.
- A sub-1:00 5×5 single — 2,252 people have one; it is 23.46 away.
Targets move as she improves.