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Mathias Nickoson

3×3 · top 1.8% of 288,433 all-time · competing since June 2022 · 2022NICK03

Mathias Nickoson has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.35, set at Hancock County NxNs 2026, puts him in the top 1.8% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,098th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since June 2022, he has put 781 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 75% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.27 in June 2022 to 7.35, a 35% improvement. Mathias has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.8% of 288,433 all-time
7.35
signature single · Hancock County NxNs 2026
781
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 75% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×37.359.27
top 1.8%1,098 / 60,666
2×21.493.29
top 2.1%861 / 41,674
4×428.8035.23
top 2.2%367 / 19,354
3×3 one-handed13.2316.71
top 4.8%691 / 15,900
Pyraminx3.495.21
top 5.4%1,431 / 29,168
5×51:00.391:06.67
top 5.8%485 / 9,537
Skewb3.405.73
top 7.2%1,132 / 19,164
Megaminx56.001:08.33
top 8.0%571 / 8,026
6×61:52.472:03.13
top 8.2%284 / 4,262
7×73:00.533:04.79
top 10.8%298 / 3,236
Square-123.8930.29
top 36.7%2,420 / 6,846
Clock13.0014.05
top 39.6%3,230 / 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

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: 9.43Hancock County NxNs 2026: 7.357.3511.2711 Jun 202226 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.

Next targets

  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.35 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.49 away.

Targets move as he improves.