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Adam Nichols

3×3 · top 79.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2018 · 2018NICH04

Adam Nichols has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 42.79, set at North Jersey Speedsolving A 2023, puts him in the top 79.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 48,897th in the United States. Across 2 competitions since March 2018, he has put 23 official solves on the record across four events. His 3×3 best has come down from 52.03 in March 2018 to 42.79, an 18% improvement. Adam has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 79.9% of 284,439 all-time
42.79
signature single · North Jersey Speedsolving A 2023
23
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×342.7953.25
top 79.9%48,897 / 59,724
Pyraminx18.3524.62
top 90.5%26,558 / 28,708
2×217.0328.93
top 93.1%38,650 / 40,951
Skewb25.2531.44
top 95.0%18,227 / 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

Rutgers Spring 2018: 52.03North Jersey Speedsolving A 2023: 42.7942.7952.0331 Mar 201820 May 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.

Next targets

  • A sub-40 3×3 single — 218,634 people have one; it is 2.79 away.
  • A sub-15 Pyraminx single — 105,805 people have one; it is 3.35 away.

Targets move as he improves.