People · United States
Lawrence Nichols
2×2 · top 4.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2017 · 2017NICH02
Lawrence Nichols has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.96, set at Veterans Day Open 2019, puts him in the top 4.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,791st in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since January 2017, he has put 612 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 56% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 30.32 in January 2017 to 10.24, a 66% improvement. Lawrence has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.96 | 3.61 | top 4.5% | 1,791 / 40,951 | |
| Skewb | 2.90 | 5.02 | top 4.5% | 700 / 18,907 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.91 | 7.40 | top 7.2% | 1,849 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 | 10.24 | 11.81 | top 8.2% | 4,498 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 43.30 | 49.18 | top 16.1% | 2,450 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 1:25.36 | 1:35.81 | top 23.6% | 1,826 / 9,401 | |
| Square-1 | 23.13 | 34.09 | top 35.0% | 2,267 / 6,743 | |
| Megaminx | 1:55.57 | 2:16.31 | top 43.4% | 3,167 / 7,841 | |
| 6×6 | 3:09.00 | 3:13.98 | top 45.2% | 1,666 / 4,196 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 35.17 | 41.16 | top 57.6% | 8,019 / 15,683 | |
| 7×7 | 5:37.12 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,847 / 3,184 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 31 Aug 2019Three personal bests in one day at Denver Back to School 2019.
- 25 May 2019Four personal bests in one day at Colorado Qualifier 2019.
- 30 Mar 2019Three personal bests in one day at Rocky Mountain Spring 2019.
- 11 Aug 2018Six personal bests in one day at Wyoming Jackalope Dash 2018.
- 26 May 2018Eleven personal bests in one day at Colorado Qualifier 2018.
- 11 Nov 2017First sub-15 3×3: 14.85 at Veterans Day Open 2017.
Competitions
- Northern Colorado Cubing 2022 · 12 Mar 2022
- Colorado Springs Winter 2020 · 11 Jan 2020 — 1 personal best set
- Veterans Day Open 2019 · 9 Nov 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Denver Back to School 2019 · 31 Aug 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Wyoming Summer 2019 · 1 Jun 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Colorado Qualifier 2019 · 25 May 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Rocky Mountain Spring 2019 · 30 Mar 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Wyoming Jackalope Dash 2018 · 11 Aug 2018 — 6 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2018 · 27 Jul 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Colorado Qualifier 2018 · 26 May 2018 — 11 personal bests set
- Veterans Day Open 2017 · 11 Nov 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Longmont Summer 2017 · 26 Aug 2017 — 1 personal best set
- 1 Body Cubing 2017 · 3 Jun 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Longmont Cube Open 2017 · 7 Jan 2017
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.
- Tristan Steeves — met in 85 rounds, finished ahead 56 times
- Dylan Hughlett — met in 79 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Zachary Miller — met in 76 rounds, finished ahead 46 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.96 away.
- A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.90 away.
Targets move as he improves.