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Vaishnav Nitesh

Skewb · top 4.1% of 73,281 all-time · competing since March 2017 · 2017NITE01

Vaishnav Nitesh has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 2.82, set at Bengaluru Winter Open 2018, puts him in the top 4.1% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 86th in India. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 33 competitions since March 2017, he has put 1,610 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 74% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 35.94 in March 2017 to 9.75, a 73% improvement. Vaishnav has entered 33 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 4.1% of 73,281 all-time
2.82
signature single · Bengaluru Winter Open 2018
1,610
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 74% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
Skewb2.825.29
top 4.1%86 / 3,524
2×21.973.59
top 4.5%334 / 12,146
4×433.1938.15
top 5.1%127 / 4,186
Pyraminx3.484.62
top 5.4%305 / 8,934
5×51:01.081:10.27
top 6.1%63 / 1,525
3×39.7511.05
top 6.8%724 / 20,018
3×3 one-handed15.3618.73
top 8.8%287 / 4,516
Megaminx1:06.461:16.28
top 13.6%122 / 1,443
6×62:09.082:15.73
top 14.9%64 / 531
7×73:25.743:42.44
top 18.3%56 / 360
3×3 Fewest Moves38 moves—
early days — 1 solve179 / 600

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

SRM Cube Open 2017: 35.94IIA Summer Open April 2017: 22.27IIA Summer Open - May 2017: 22.12SSN Cube Open 2017: 17.04ICC Juniors August 2017: 17.60VIT Rubik's Cube Challenge 2017: 18.41Grand Cube Open 2017: 17.13Shaastra Cube Open 2018: 13.67CMI Tessellate Cube Open 2018: 13.91Anaadyanta Cube Open 2018: 14.77Oakridge Cube Open - April 2018: 13.97Primus Cube Open - May 2018: 13.68IIITDM Cube Open 2018: 12.50Gravitas Cube Open 2018: 10.24Bengaluru Winter Open 2018: 11.71VDCA Winter Open 2019: 11.78Bengaluru Cool Down 2019: 11.46Bengaluru Summer Open 2019: 12.04Sri Ramachandra Cube Open 2019: 11.34Forum Monsoon Open 2019: 11.64Independence Cube Open 2019: 10.54C3 Cup Finale 2019: 10.99Mysore Cube Open 2023: 9.98Mysore Cube Open 2024: 9.75mcubes Cubing Clash 2024: 10.68mcubes Alleppey Open 2024: 9.89Republic Cube Open BLR 2025: 10.44NxNs at Finprov 2025: 11.75Anna Kalyanam in Jolarpet 2025: 9.96VIT Cube Open 2025: 10.259.7535.9426 Mar 201713 Sep 2025

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.82 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.97 away.

Targets move as he improves.