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Andy Nichols

3×3 · top 17.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2009 · 2009NICH01

Andy Nichols has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.07, set at Orange Coast Puzzle Meet 2015, puts him in the top 17.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9,470th in the United States. Across 12 competitions since December 2009, he has put 138 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 73% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 40.91 in December 2009 to 13.07, a 68% improvement. Andy has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 17.7% of 284,439 all-time
13.07
signature single · Orange Coast Puzzle Meet 2015
138
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 73% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×313.0714.63
top 17.7%9,470 / 59,724
2×24.836.63
top 37.2%14,859 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed34.9348.85
top 57.1%7,957 / 15,683
4×42:28.01
early days — 3 solves17,466 / 19,072
Skewb35.06
early days — 2 solves18,744 / 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

Discovery Science Center Winter 2009: 40.91Bayview Hills Open 2010: 31.85Caltech Winter 2010: 29.84Moose Lodge 2010: 23.31Discovery Science Center competition 2010: 20.61San Diego Open 2010: 19.31United States Rubik's Cube Championships 2010: 16.94Nisei Week Open 2010: 20.77Caltech Winter 2011: 14.88St. Francis Winter Open 2015: 16.41Caltech Winter Open 2015: 14.91Orange Coast Puzzle Meet 2015: 13.0713.0740.9119 Dec 200918 Apr 2015

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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.07 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.83 away.

Targets move as he improves.