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AJ Nicholls

3×3 · top 4.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2015 · 2015NICH04

AJ Nicholls has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.83, set at Bristol Winter Open 2024, puts him in the top 4.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 355th in the United Kingdom. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 318 competitions since November 2015, he has put 8,495 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 71% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 51.81 in November 2015 to 8.83, an 83% improvement. AJ has entered 318 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 4.5% of 284,439 all-time
8.83
signature single · Bristol Winter Open 2024
8,495
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 71% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited Kingdom
3×38.8315.38
top 4.5%355 / 6,689
3×3 blindfolded53.431:04.88
top 11.0%56 / 311
3×3 Multi-Blind13 of 14 cubes · 1:00:00—
top 13.5%32 / 126
3×3 Fewest Moves31 moves39.00
top 17.4%82 / 372
Clock8.7210.02
top 18.6%259 / 1,232
2×23.526.47
top 20.5%1,158 / 4,895
3×3 one-handed20.4633.04
top 21.7%408 / 1,851
5×51:23.261:37.89
top 21.8%290 / 1,151
4×448.8655.60
top 23.3%517 / 2,071
6×62:28.373:04.57
top 24.8%145 / 548
Pyraminx6.7713.22
top 26.0%1,026 / 3,656
Square-121.2231.40
top 30.7%283 / 778
4×4 blindfolded6:21.598:18.72
top 32.4%41 / 84
Megaminx1:48.202:01.39
top 39.4%440 / 966
7×74:29.364:46.73
top 40.9%195 / 459
5×5 blindfolded15:47.00—
early days — 3 solves27 / 50
Skewb15.0621.66
top 78.4%1,913 / 2,421

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

UK Rubik's Cube Championship 2015: 51.81Welcome Thay Cambridge 2015: 35.51Manchester Open 2016: 26.74Exeter Open 2016: 30.60North London Open 2016: 26.68Macclesfield Open 2016: 25.76August Bank Holiday Competition 2016: 23.91Guildford Open 2016: 15.63UK Championship 2016: 22.85Birmingham Open 2016: 26.43Manchester Open 2017: 23.06Peterborough Open 2017: 22.69Newcastle-under-Lyme Open 2017: 21.98Crawley Open 2017: 21.76London Open 2017: 25.95World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017: 21.79August Bank Holiday Competition 2017: 20.56Guildford Open 2017: 19.93UK Championship 2017: 20.31Weston-super-Mare Open 2017: 19.02Welsh Open 2018: 22.09Manchester Open 2018: 18.72Guildford Open 2018: 18.42High Wycombe Open 2018: 17.97Zurich Open 2018: 20.42Hastings Open 2018: 16.73Icelandic Nationals 2018: 18.02Peterborough Open 2018: 17.11WCA European Championship 2018: 19.54August Bank Holiday Competition 2018: 17.93Stratford-upon-Avon Open 2018: 17.75UK Championship 2018: 15.28Brugge Open 2018: 15.69Weston-super-Mare Open 2018: 18.12Cambridge Open 2018: 18.04Fontwell Open 2019: 17.73Manchester Open 2019: 17.08Welsh Open 2019: 17.17Denmark & Friends 2019: 18.47Chester Open 2019: 17.00Cork Open 2019: 15.03Lincoln Open 2019: 16.98London Open 2019: 17.92Zurich Open 2019: 19.08High Wycombe Open 2019: 16.78Irish Championship 2019: 18.76British Summer Open 2019: 19.02Warm Up Canberra 2019: 17.91Warm Up Sydney 2019: 18.71WCA World Championship 2019: 18.56Leeds Open 2019: 17.44August Bank Holiday Celebration 2019: 16.32Cubing in Cill Chainnigh 2019: 16.03Road to IC - Monterotondo 2019: 17.46Liechtenstein Open 2019: 16.52Franconia Fall 2019: 15.09UK Championship 2019: 18.19Every Event Éire 2019: 14.13Weston-super-Mare Open 2019: 18.05Swisscubing Cup Final 2019: 17.71Swisscubing Cup I 2020: 15.47Guildford Open 2020: 14.77Fontwell Open 2020: 17.69Doncaster Open 2020: 15.06Don't DNF Dublin 2020: 16.61Wakefield Open 2022: 16.66Weston-super-Mare Open 2022: 15.30Wakefield Spring 2022: 17.04Chester Spring 2022: 16.49Glasgow Open 2022: 16.87Luxembourg Open 2022: 17.61Cheltenham Summer 2022: 19.08Don't DNF Dublin 2022: 17.42Stevenage Summer 2022: 16.92Rubik's WCA European Championship 2022: 15.78Norwich Summer 2022: 16.00Carlisle Summer 2022: 15.09Lincoln Summer 2022: 15.66Danish Championship 2022: 18.22Droitwich Spa Autumn 2022: 15.36Stevenage Autumn A 2022: 14.98Chippenham Autumn 2022: 16.22Kewbz UK Championship 2022: 16.80Irish Championship 2022: 13.76East London Autumn 2022: 16.38Weston-super-Mare Autumn 2022: 15.46UK New Year Countdown 2023: 18.45Wiltshire Winter 2023: 15.43Belfast Winter 2023: 14.91Glasgow Winter 2023: 16.62Guildford Winter 2023: 15.84Cambridge Side Events Winter 2023: 15.03Brent Cross Winter 2023: 13.86Lincolnshire Winter 2023: 14.85Edinburgh Spring 2023: 13.79Vilnius Spring Open 2023: 14.77Stockholmsligan 5: The Reds 2023: 16.26Gulf of Finland 2023: 16.75Ehte Cube Days 2023: 14.43Wiltshire Spring 2023: 17.10Essex Spring 2023: 16.12Roskilde by Night 2023: 17.34Reading Spring 2023: 18.03Weston-super-Mare Spring 2023: 16.67Stevenage May 2023: 18.11Hampshire Spring 2023: 14.62Exeter Summer 2023: 16.44Wiltshire Summer 2023: 15.70Stevenage June 2023: 18.17Suffolk Summer 2023: 14.65Bristol Summer 2023: 15.68Edinburgh Summer 2023: 15.02Stevenage July 2023: 14.97Isle of Wight Summer 2023: 16.45Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023: 18.13Dublin Summer Solving Sunday 2023: 16.91Mind Sports Olympiad Cubing 2023: 18.10August Bank Holiday Cheltenham 2023: 15.29Ho'oholo in Honolulu 2023: 18.87Kent Autumn 2023: 17.16Wakefield Autumn 2023: 14.53Rubik's UK Championship 2023: 17.23Aberdeen Autumn 2023: 17.34Guildford Autumn 2023: 18.54Weston-super-Mare Autumn 2023: 16.97Stevenage November 2023: 15.94Liverpool Winter 2023: 18.45Wiltshire December 2023: 17.17Chääswürfel 2023: 17.05Stevenage January 2024: 14.61Bristol Winter 2024: 14.27Edinburgh Winter 2024: 17.67Wiltshire February 2024: 14.98Stevenage February 2024: 14.88Hampshire Winter 2024: 18.49Seomara Cube Fest 2024: 17.23Stockholmsligan 380: Det Hänger på Håret - 2024: 18.25Uppsalaligan 2: Leap - 2024: 16.65Glasgow Spring 2024: 14.77Stevenage Newcomers Saturday 2024: 15.66Wiltshire March 2024: 15.53Manchester Spring 2024: 14.92UCD Cube Days 2024: 15.13Stevenage April 2024: 13.53Crewe Spring 2024: 14.70Stevenage May 2024: 16.71Weston-super-Mare Spring 2024: 13.06Newcastle Tyneside Spring 2024: 16.17Stevenage June 2024: 15.98Wakefield Summer 2024: 15.37Edinburgh Summer Open 2024: 15.58Bolton Summer 2024: 13.73Rubik's Irish Championship 2024: 18.01Bristol Summer 2024: 13.98Chichester Summer 2024: 16.36Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024: 16.42Birmingham Summer 2024: 16.51Mind Sports Olympiad London 2024: 17.42Stockholmsligan 414: Kampen Börjar - 2024: 17.39Kewbz UK Open 2024: 17.03Leicestershire Autumn 2024: 15.60Stevenage October 2024: 17.26Ipswich Autumn 2024: 14.93Hampshire Autumn 2024: 14.19Glasgow Favourites Evening II 2024: 14.86Rubik's UK Championship 2024: 14.15Norrlandsmästerskapet 2024: 16.25Weston-super-Mare Autumn 2024: 15.43Wiltshire November 2024: 16.06Stevenage December 2024: 15.98Bristol Winter Open 2024: 8.83Stockholmsligan 435: Mäktig Jul - 2024: 19.80Kublördag Jönköping VI - 2024: 15.95Twixmas Flen 2024: 16.00Weston-super-Mare Winter 2025: 16.28Crewe Favourites 2025: 16.00Chichester January 2025: 14.76Manchester January 2025: 15.66Stevenage January 2025: 18.14Hvidovre NxN 2025: 15.05Svalbard 2025: 16.63Crewe Winter 2025: 16.80Manchester February 2025: 16.64Hampshire Winter 2025: 16.14NxN Rīgā 2025: 16.27Wiltshire Spring 2025: 12.79Glasgow Favourites Evening III 2025: 15.70UCD Cube Days 2025: 14.74Manchester Spring 2025: 16.49Chichester April 2025: 15.53Crewe Spring 2025: 14.75Weston-super-Mare Spring 2025: 15.48Coventry Spring 2025: 19.11Kewbz Scottish Championship 2025: 16.32Swedish Championship 2025: 12.56Manchester June 2025: 15.99Bristol June 2025: 15.18Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 16.62Newcastle upon Tyne Summer 2025: 18.22Stevenage July 2025: 15.38Wiltshire Summer 2025: 14.94Rubik's Irish Championship 2025: 13.28Rubik's UK Championship 2025: 14.71Bristol August 2025: 15.28Stevenage September 2025: 16.22Weston-super-Mare Autumn 2025: 15.16Corby Autumn 2025: 16.88Manchester Favourites I 2025: 14.31Stevenage October 2025: 16.84Glasgow Favourites Evening IV 2025: 16.52Manchester October 2025: 18.06Hampshire Autumn 2025: 15.98Stevenage 10th Anniversary 2025: 16.95Glasgow Autumn Open 2025: 16.49Leicestershire Autumn 2025: 17.77Wiltshire Winter 2025: 15.68Weston-super-Mare Winter 2026: 15.03Stevenage January 2026: 15.09Manchester Favourites II 2026: 16.29Edinburgh Winter 2026: 16.54Devon Winter 2026: 15.93Crewe Winter 2026: 17.93Wiltshire Spring 2026: 15.13Stevenage March 2026: 15.32Crewe Spring 2026: 17.80Bolton Spring 2026: 16.23Leeds Spring 2026: 15.46Liverpool Spring 2026: 13.96Manchester Cubing League - First 2026: 16.15Stevenage May 2026: 16.59Weston-super-Mare Spring 2026: 16.08Sheffield Spring 2026: 16.12Manchester Cubing League - Second 2026: 15.44Crewe May 2026: 17.54Bristol June 2026: 14.13Manchester Cubing League - Third 2026: 15.60Wakefield Summer 2026: 13.98Hampshire Summer 2026: 14.38Manchester Cubing League - Final 2026: 16.04Wiltshire Summer 2026: 16.35Stevenage July 2026: 16.16Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 16.92Rubik's Irish Championship 2026: 15.35Bristol August 2026: 18.80Éire 100 2026: 18.39Kewbz UK Championship 2026: 17.548.8351.817 Nov 201528 Aug 2026

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.83 away.
  • A sub-50 3×3 blindfolded single — 1,207 people have one; it is 3.43 away.

Targets move as he improves.