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Dylan Nickelsburg

3×3 · top 1.5% of 288,433 all-time · competing since April 2022 · 2022NICK01

Dylan Nickelsburg has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.12, set at Empire State ALL11-Stars 2026, puts him in the top 1.5% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 910th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 28 competitions since April 2022, he has put 711 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 62% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.50 in April 2022 to 7.12, a 38% improvement. Dylan has entered 28 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.5% of 288,433 all-time
7.12
signature single · Empire State ALL11-Stars 2026
711
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 62% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×37.128.80
top 1.5%910 / 60,666
2×21.772.59
top 3.5%1,371 / 41,674
Pyraminx3.265.11
top 4.5%1,208 / 29,168
4×440.0446.70
top 12.2%1,838 / 19,354
3×3 one-handed17.4820.44
top 13.8%1,816 / 15,900
Skewb4.726.09
top 16.1%2,565 / 19,164
5×51:26.731:37.60
top 24.8%1,955 / 9,537
Clock22.3627.67
top 71.0%6,314 / 9,172

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

Slow N Steady Spring 2022: 11.50Empire State Spring 2022: 11.11New York Championship 2022: 12.46Princeton Fall 2022: 13.91New York Yopen 2022: 11.31Empire State Winter Warmup 2023: 10.21Penn Cube Day Spring 2023: 11.42PBs in Palisades 2023: 11.21Westchester Weeknights 4 2023: 11.07CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 10.67Newark's On Track 2023: 10.14Cubes on the Bayside 2023: 10.32Manhattan Mini C 2023: 9.49Empire State Winter 2024: 9.35PBs in Palisades 2024: 8.94NYU Winter 2024: 9.20Edgemont Cubing 2024: 9.16North Jersey Speedsolving A 2024: 8.85Westport Summer 2024: 9.04ALL1- Empire State 2024: 7.96Flushing Glow PM 2024: 9.76Long Island Winter Solstice 2024: 8.75NYU Spring 2025: 8.37Worlds Prep in Palisades 2025: 8.04CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2025: 8.05Brooklyn Waldorf Winter 2025: 7.92Empire State ALL11-Stars 2026: 7.12Liberty Science Center Fall B 2026: 7.607.1213.912 Apr 202213 Sep 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.

  • Evan Liu — met in 103 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
  • Nico Ozsvath — met in 94 rounds, finished ahead 34 times
  • Rex Ozsvath — met in 84 rounds, finished ahead 42 times

Next targets

  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.12 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.77 away.

Targets move as he improves.