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Mathias Nickoson

2×2 · top 2.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since June 2022 · 2022NICK03

Mathias Nickoson has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.49, set at Clockin Kentucky 2025, puts him in the top 2.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 841st in the United States. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since June 2022, he has put 724 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 90% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.27 in June 2022 to 7.86, a 30% improvement. Mathias has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 2.1% of 186,767 all-time
1.49
signature single · Clockin Kentucky 2025
724
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 90% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×21.493.39
top 2.1%841 / 40,951
4×428.8035.23
top 2.2%354 / 19,072
3×37.869.27
top 2.5%1,474 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed13.2316.71
top 4.8%676 / 15,683
Pyraminx3.495.21
top 5.4%1,411 / 28,708
5×51:00.391:06.67
top 5.7%472 / 9,401
Skewb3.405.73
top 7.1%1,111 / 18,907
Megaminx56.001:08.33
top 7.9%550 / 7,841
6×61:57.552:03.13
top 10.0%355 / 4,196
7×73:00.533:04.79
top 10.7%291 / 3,184
Square-123.8930.29
top 36.6%2,381 / 6,743
Clock13.0014.05
top 39.6%3,151 / 8,927

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

Bluegrass Spring 2022: 11.27CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2022: 10.60Imagination Station A 2023: 10.58Indiana Finally Returns 2023: 9.55Central KY Nats Warm-Up 2023: 9.89Somerset September 2023: 8.78Megamania in Louisville 2024: 9.71Northern Kentucky 2024: 9.20CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2024: 8.81Oldham County Spring 2025: 8.39Minxville Indiana 2025: 8.81Hancock County Summer 2025: 7.86Oldham County Fall 2025: 9.437.8611.2711 Jun 202218 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.

Next targets

  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.49 away.
  • A sub-25 4×4 single — 588 people have one; it is 3.80 away.

Targets move as he improves.