People · United States
Tanay Naik
3×3 · top 8.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2018 · 2018NAIK03
Tanay Naik has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.35, set at Slow N Steady Fall 2023, puts him in the top 8.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,677th in the United States. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since March 2018, he has put 89 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.24 in March 2018 to 10.35, a 43% improvement. Tanay 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 | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.35 | 12.55 | top 8.5% | 4,677 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.96 | 8.43 | top 19.7% | 5,259 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 3.67 | 5.47 | top 22.3% | 8,750 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.87 | 27.80 | top 31.1% | 4,029 / 15,683 | |
| 5×5 | 2:06.97 | — | early days — 2 solves | 4,526 / 9,401 | |
| 4×4 | 1:21.37 | — | early days — 1 solve | 9,823 / 19,072 | |
| Skewb | 10.79 | 13.75 | top 59.7% | 10,941 / 18,907 |
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
- 1 Aug 2019Three personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Nationals 2019.
- 17 Nov 2018First sub-15 3×3: 12.82 at CubingUSA New Jersey Championship 2018.
- 10 Mar 2018First competition: NovaCube 2018. A 18.24 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Slow N Steady Fall 2023 · 7 Oct 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Liberty Science Center Open 2019 · 14 Dec 2019
- CubingUSA Nationals 2019 · 1 Aug 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- CubingUSA New Jersey Championship 2018 · 17 Nov 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- NovaCube 2018 · 10 Mar 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.
- Corey Sakowski — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Carson Widjaja — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Hassan Khanani — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.35 away.
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.96 away.
Targets move as he improves.