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Lincoln Nordquist

2×2 · top 24.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since July 2013 · 2013NORD02

Lincoln Nordquist has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.85, set at Cubing at SkillCon 2015, puts him in the top 24.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9,640th in the United States. Across 4 competitions since July 2013, he has put 71 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.09 in July 2013 to 16.42, a 35% improvement. Lincoln has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 24.6% of 186,767 all-time
3.85
signature single · Cubing at SkillCon 2015
71
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×23.856.06
top 24.6%9,640 / 40,951
3×316.4219.41
top 29.1%15,999 / 59,724
Pyraminx10.6519.07
top 58.0%16,982 / 28,708
4×41:44.36
top 73.4%13,307 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed50.231:07.02
top 77.0%11,238 / 15,683

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

World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013: 25.09Utah Megacomp 2015: 16.42Cubing at SkillCon 2015: 18.10Southern Utah Fall Open 2018: 21.0516.4225.0926 Jul 20138 Sep 2018

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-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.85 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.42 away.

Targets move as he improves.