People · United States
Nicholas A. Puopolo
3×3 · top 21.3% of 288,433 all-time · competing since May 2022 · 2022PUOP01
Nicholas A. Puopolo has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.07, set at Loon Cubikon 2024, puts him in the top 21.3% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 11,647th in the United States. Across 13 competitions since May 2022, he has put 183 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 84% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 40.90 in May 2022 to 14.07, a 66% improvement. Nicholas 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 | 14.07 | 20.89 | top 21.3% | 11,647 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 3.97 | 7.16 | top 26.2% | 10,462 / 41,674 | |
| Skewb | 8.56 | 12.15 | top 45.5% | 8,144 / 19,164 | |
| 4×4 | 1:30.55 | — | top 64.1% | 11,388 / 19,354 | |
| Pyraminx | 11.69 | 15.41 | top 65.3% | 19,589 / 29,168 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 50.29 | 59.43 | top 77.0% | 11,406 / 15,900 | |
| Clock | 25.89 | — | top 78.3% | 7,076 / 9,172 | |
| Megaminx | 3:54.83 | — | early days — 1 solve | 7,346 / 8,026 | |
| 5×5 | 4:09.07 | — | early days — 2 solves | 8,940 / 9,537 | |
| Square-1 | 1:39.57 | — | early days — 3 solves | 6,666 / 6,846 |
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
- 24 Nov 2024First sub-15 3×3: 14.07 at Loon Cubikon 2024.
- 24 Nov 2024Four personal bests in one day at Loon Cubikon 2024.
- 27 Oct 2024First sub-20 3×3: 18.44 at Quick in Quincy 2024.
- 27 Aug 2022First sub-30 3×3: 20.72 at Cubing in Beverly 2022.
- 27 May 2022First competition: CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2022. A 40.90 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Lexington Weeknights V 2025 · 11 Aug 2025
- Loon Cubikon 2024 · 24 Nov 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Quick in Quincy 2024 · 27 Oct 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Lexing-not-a-ton of NxNs 2024 · 15 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Lexington Weeknights VI 2024 · 19 Aug 2024
- Quick in Quincy 2023 · 16 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Puzzling in Providence 2023 · 7 Jan 2023
- The Battle of Lex-side-ton 2023 · 2 Jan 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Loon Cubikon 2022 · 20 Nov 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Pretzel Mania 2022 · 3 Sep 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing in Beverly 2022 · 27 Aug 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Granite State 2022 · 23 Jul 2022 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2022 · 27 May 2022
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.
- Ryan Durette — met in 49 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ethan Zhuang — met in 47 rounds, never finished ahead
- Saisabari Ramesh — met in 44 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 40,277 people have one; it is 2.07 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.97 away.
Targets move as he improves.