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Layne Nichols

3×3 · top 38.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2022 · 2022NICH08

Layne Nichols has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 19.36, set at Cornhusker Cubing Classic 2022, puts him in the top 38.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 21,516th in the United States. Across 1 competition since November 2022, he has put 24 official solves on the record across five events.

3×3
best event — top 38.1% of 284,439 all-time
19.36
signature single · Cornhusker Cubing Classic 2022
24
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×319.3621.81
top 38.1%21,516 / 59,724
2×26.308.06
top 54.0%22,020 / 40,951
Pyraminx10.8420.07
top 59.3%17,417 / 28,708
4×41:33.29
early days — 2 solves11,668 / 19,072
5×53:03.68
early days — 2 solves7,190 / 9,401

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 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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 4.36 away.
  • A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 0.30 away.

Targets move as he improves.