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Dalton Nichols

3×3 · top 2.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2014 · 2014NICH02

Dalton Nichols has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.80, set at Jacksonville Winter 2023, puts him in the top 2.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,429th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 28 competitions since November 2014, he has put 1,362 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 60% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.12 in November 2014 to 7.80, a 65% improvement. Dalton has entered 28 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 2.4% of 284,439 all-time
7.80
signature single · Jacksonville Winter 2023
1,362
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 60% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×37.809.96
top 2.4%1,429 / 59,724
2×21.963.54
top 4.5%1,791 / 40,951
Pyraminx3.425.43
top 5.2%1,347 / 28,708
Skewb3.164.77
top 5.8%890 / 18,907
4×434.2842.05
top 6.1%940 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed14.4219.77
top 6.9%930 / 15,683
5×51:08.491:19.79
top 10.5%830 / 9,401
Clock8.5510.39
top 17.7%1,354 / 8,927
Megaminx1:18.361:26.78
top 20.7%1,426 / 7,841
6×62:25.892:33.12
top 23.6%836 / 4,196
7×73:47.363:56.46
top 26.2%734 / 3,184
Square-121.1125.62
top 30.4%1,973 / 6,743
3×3 Fewest Moves49 moves—
early days — 3 solves1,575 / 2,040

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

Florida Feast 2014: 22.12Cubing Knights 2015: 15.62Spring Scramble 2016: 13.06Central Florida Summer 2016: 8.79Cubing Knights 2016: 10.76For The Love Of Cubing 2017: 11.34Florida Cubing Spring Qualifier 2017: 10.06Florida Feast 2017: 11.90Sunny Showdown 2018: 8.57Indialantic Open 2018: 12.24Cardinal Bird Fiesta 2018: 10.20Michigan 2019: 10.72ERAU Speedcubing Fall 2019: 9.10Florida Winter Break 2019: 9.48Florida Returns 2021: 9.80FSUbers 2.0 2022: 9.50Cubing Bulls 2022: 9.02CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2022: 9.45Concordia Turning 2022: 8.46FSUbers 3.0 2022: 8.67Pegasus 2023: 9.21CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2023: 8.90Salt Lake Utah Summer 2023: 8.48Cubing Knights IV 2023: 9.56Jacksonville Winter 2023: 7.80More Cubing with the Cougars WV 2025: 9.10Spookin' on the Plains at Auburn 2025: 8.647.8022.1229 Nov 201425 Oct 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.

  • Sean Hartman — met in 171 rounds, finished ahead 24 times
  • Katie Hull — met in 116 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
  • Noah Swor — met in 114 rounds, finished ahead 10 times

Next targets

  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.80 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.96 away.

Targets move as he improves.