People · United States
Nestor Sokhan
Megaminx · top 6.7% of 34,786 all-time · competing since April 2016 · 2016SOKH01
Nestor Sokhan has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Megaminx: a personal-best single of 53.38, set at Bridgeport Side Events 2019, puts him in the top 6.7% of the 34,786 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 469th in the United States. Until April 2010, no official Megaminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 68 competitions since April 2016, he has put 1,951 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 81% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.05 in April 2016 to 10.55, a 54% improvement. Nestor has entered 68 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Megaminx | 53.38 | 59.35 | top 6.7% | 469 / 7,841 | |
| Clock | 6.32 | 7.83 | top 8.4% | 653 / 8,927 | |
| 2×2 | 2.51 | 3.91 | top 9.0% | 3,543 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 10.55 | 11.78 | top 9.1% | 4,980 / 59,724 | |
| Square-1 | 13.32 | 18.18 | top 12.6% | 866 / 6,743 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.60 | 7.82 | top 17.1% | 4,536 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.93 | 22.82 | top 17.6% | 2,267 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 44.61 | 52.44 | top 17.8% | 2,706 / 19,072 | |
| Skewb | 5.11 | 6.10 | top 19.0% | 3,026 / 18,907 | |
| 5×5 | 1:36.38 | 1:44.40 | top 32.6% | 2,586 / 9,401 | |
| 6×6 | 3:00.67 | 3:03.86 | top 41.4% | 1,519 / 4,196 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 39 moves | 46.00 | top 44.7% | 969 / 2,040 | |
| 7×7 | 5:08.03 | 5:10.95 | top 53.2% | 1,558 / 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
- 16 Feb 2019Four personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2019.
- 16 Jun 2018Five personal bests in one day at New Hope Open Spring 2018.
- 18 May 2018Four personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2018.
- 24 Feb 2018Three personal bests in one day at Binghamton Winter Cube Day 2018.
- 22 Oct 2017Three personal bests in one day at UPenn Cube Day Fall 2017.
- 1 Oct 2017Five personal bests in one day at WPI Fall Cube Fest 2017.
Competitions
- WPI Winter 2024 · 10 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Granite State 2022 · 23 Jul 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- 2 Feet of Snow in Montreal 2019 · 22 Dec 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Liberty Science Center Open 2019 · 14 Dec 2019
- Branchburg Open 2019 · 2 Nov 2019
- Bridgeport Side Events 2019 · 27 Oct 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Empire State Fall 2019 · 12 Oct 2019
- CubingUSA Nationals 2019 · 1 Aug 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Canadian Championship 2019 · 26 Jul 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Brooklyn 2019 · 25 May 2019
- George School Open 2019 · 11 May 2019
- Meadowlands 2019 · 4 May 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Ridge Cubing 2019 · 6 Apr 2019 — 1 personal best set
- SBU Spring 2019 · 31 Mar 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Lower Moreland Winter 2019 · 16 Mar 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Long Island Winter 2019 · 23 Feb 2019
- CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2019 · 16 Feb 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Princeton Winter 2019 · 9 Feb 2019
- New Hope Open Winter 2019 · 20 Jan 2019
- Hudson Valley Winter 2019 · 5 Jan 2019
- CubingUSA New Jersey Championship 2018 · 17 Nov 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Lower Moreland Fall 2018 · 10 Nov 2018 — 1 personal best set
- FMC Americas 2018 · 4 Nov 2018
- Princeton Fall 2018 · 29 Sep 2018
- Kew Forest Open 2018 · 22 Sep 2018 — 1 personal best set
- It Better Be Solved NYC 2018 · 11 Aug 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Battle of Waterloo 2018 · 21 Jul 2018
- Brooklyn 2018 · 8 Jul 2018
- New Hope Open Spring 2018 · 16 Jun 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- Meadowlands 2018 · 9 Jun 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Tea Time Spring 2018 · 26 May 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2018 · 18 May 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Lower Moreland Spring 2018 · 12 May 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Midcoast Cubing 2018 · 14 Apr 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- No Place For DNF Spring 2018 · 7 Apr 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Rutgers Spring 2018 · 31 Mar 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Hudson Valley Open 2018 · 24 Mar 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Rockville Qualifier 2018 · 17 Mar 2018 — 1 personal best set
- NovaCube 2018 · 10 Mar 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Binghamton Winter Cube Day 2018 · 24 Feb 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- BA Cube Fest 2018 · 10 Feb 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Liberty Science Center Open 2017 · 16 Dec 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Hudson Valley Fall 2017 · 5 Nov 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- UPenn Cube Day Fall 2017 · 22 Oct 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- WPI Fall Cube Fest 2017 · 1 Oct 2017 — 5 personal bests set
- Battle of Waterloo 2017 · 23 Sep 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2017 · 7 Jul 2017
- Slow N Steady Summer 2017 · 1 Jul 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Hudson Valley Spring 2017 · 10 Jun 2017
- Meadowlands 2017 · 3 Jun 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Big Cube Bash 2017 · 13 May 2017
- Red Cross Cubing Open 2017 · 22 Apr 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- New York City Winter 2017 · 11 Mar 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Montreal Open Winter 2017 · 4 Feb 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Clifton Winter 2017 · 7 Jan 2017 — 1 personal best set
- South Berwick Open 2016 · 10 Dec 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Hudson Valley Open Fall 2016 · 19 Nov 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Phillips Exeter Cube Day 2016 · 5 Nov 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Severna Park Fall 2016 · 29 Oct 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Princeton Fall 2016 · 22 Oct 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Slow N Steady Fall 2016 · 24 Sep 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Fantastic Manhattan Competition 2016 · 20 Aug 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Sharon Summer 2016 · 13 Aug 2016 — 4 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady Spring 2016 · 18 Jun 2016 — 5 personal bests set
- Cube For A Cure Spring 2016 · 29 May 2016 — 4 personal bests set
- Big Apple Spring 2016 · 21 May 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Severna Park Spring 2016 · 30 Apr 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Manhasset Spring 2016 · 16 Apr 2016
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.
- Livia Kleiner — met in 234 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Daniel Karnaukh — met in 187 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Chris Chi — met in 183 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
Next targets
- A sub-50 Megaminx single — 1,776 people have one; it is 3.38 away.
- A sub-6 Clock single — 2,324 people have one; it is 0.32 away.
Targets move as he improves.