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Nicholas Allen Crow

2×2 · top 9.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2024 · 2024CROW01

Nicholas Allen Crow has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.52, set at Brilliant Ballarat 2026, puts him in the top 9.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 682nd in Australia. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 34 competitions since March 2024, he has put 978 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 89% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.72 in March 2024 to 12.30, a 34% improvement. Nicholas has entered 34 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 9.1% of 186,767 all-time
2.52
signature single · Brilliant Ballarat 2026
978
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 89% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
2×22.524.58
top 9.1%682 / 8,567
3×312.3014.58
top 14.9%1,334 / 11,709
Pyraminx5.318.18
top 15.1%730 / 5,993
4×446.9853.30
top 20.8%516 / 3,051
Skewb6.3610.23
top 28.6%783 / 3,534
Megaminx1:31.211:42.31
top 29.0%359 / 1,277
5×51:33.171:49.61
top 30.0%411 / 1,356
3×3 one-handed24.4032.23
top 32.6%740 / 2,659
Clock12.0613.95
top 35.2%365 / 1,095
6×63:11.703:21.99
top 46.6%281 / 641
7×75:13.705:30.98
top 55.0%271 / 523
Square-149.2753.40
top 75.5%710 / 899
3×3 Fewest Moves55 moves59.67
early days — 3 solves403 / 468

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

Altona Algorithms 2024: 18.72Cubing at The Game Expo 2024: 17.18Spark Melbourne Spring Sunday 2024: 17.74Nimble Newborough 2024: 17.72Melbourne Cube Days 2024: 15.23Melbourne Summer 2025: 16.09Brilliant Ballarat 2025: 16.91Spark Melbourne February 2025: 14.89Solving in Sale 2025: 16.47Don't Inverloch Up 2025: 14.10VIC State Championship 2025: 17.31Spark Melbourne July 2025: 14.16Geelong Winter 2025: 14.61Puzzling Pakenham Saturday 2025: 14.16Australian Nationals 2025: 13.93The Big Cube Melbourne 2025: 14.40Apollo Bay Cubing 2025: 12.65Nimble Newborough 2025: 13.22Melbourne Cube Days 2025: 13.72Melbourne Summer 2026: 14.39North-East Melbourne March Saturday 2026: 13.92West Melbourne Open 2026: 14.41Solving in Sale 2026: 13.60Spark Melbourne Autumn Saturday 2026: 12.30Brilliant Ballarat 2026: 15.45Australian Nationals 2026: 12.55Geelong Winter 2026: 14.3312.3018.722 Mar 202429 Aug 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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.52 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.30 away.

Targets move as he improves.