People · United States
Nic Napier
3×3 · top 5.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2015 · 2015NAPI01
Nic Napier has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.27, set at Coach Pigeon 2018, puts him in the top 5.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,083rd in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since June 2015, he has put 420 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 21.09 in June 2015 to 9.27, a 56% improvement. Nic has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.27 | 11.92 | top 5.5% | 3,083 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.76 | 4.67 | top 11.6% | 4,548 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.64 | 20.90 | top 11.7% | 1,528 / 15,683 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.88 | 8.62 | top 19.1% | 5,091 / 28,708 | |
| 5×5 | 1:20.16 | 1:41.18 | top 19.2% | 1,507 / 9,401 | |
| 4×4 | 48.69 | 53.70 | top 23.0% | 3,504 / 19,072 | |
| 6×6 | 2:42.75 | 3:04.84 | top 32.2% | 1,139 / 4,196 | |
| Megaminx | 1:42.79 | 1:58.52 | top 36.3% | 2,596 / 7,841 | |
| 7×7 | 4:25.67 | 4:45.58 | top 39.7% | 1,122 / 3,184 | |
| Square-1 | 27.82 | 38.88 | top 45.2% | 2,945 / 6,743 | |
| Skewb | 8.79 | 12.37 | top 47.0% | 8,323 / 18,907 | |
| Clock | 20.22 | 28.62 | top 65.3% | 5,577 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 9 Mar 2019Three personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2019.
- 23 Jun 2018First sub-10 3×3: 9.27 at Coach Pigeon 2018.
- 18 May 2018Five personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2018.
- 21 Apr 2018Three personal bests in one day at Dixon Spring 2018.
- 9 Sep 2017Three personal bests in one day at Bulldog Cubing 2017.
- 25 Mar 2017Four personal bests in one day at Dixon Spring 2017.
Competitions
- Cubing Peoria 2019 · 30 Mar 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2019 · 9 Mar 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Coach Pigeon 2018 · 23 Jun 2018 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2018 · 18 May 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- Dixon Spring 2018 · 21 Apr 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Dixon Winter 2017 · 2 Dec 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Bulldog Cubing 2017 · 9 Sep 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2017 · 7 Jul 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Dixon Spring 2017 · 25 Mar 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Dixon Fall 2016 · 8 Oct 2016 — 4 personal bests set
- Indiana 2016 · 25 Jun 2016 — 4 personal bests set
- Dixon Winter 2016 · 6 Feb 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Indiana 2015 · 12 Jun 2015
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.
- Joshua Feran — met in 74 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Brian Johnson — met in 69 rounds, never finished ahead
- CJ Sheng — met in 62 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.27 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.76 away.
Targets move as he improves.