People · United States
Nicholas Baffaro
2×2 · top 25.7% of 189,179 all-time · competing since October 2024 · 2024BAFF01
Nicholas Baffaro has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.93, set at Saint John's Warm Up 2025, puts him in the top 25.7% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 10,222nd in the United States. Across 4 competitions since October 2024, he has put 85 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 37.39 in October 2024 to 16.17, a 57% improvement. Nicholas has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 3.93 | 7.93 | top 25.7% | 10,222 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 | 16.17 | 17.99 | top 28.5% | 15,814 / 60,666 | |
| Pyraminx | 10.15 | 11.27 | top 54.2% | 16,051 / 29,168 | |
| Clock | 19.14 | 21.68 | top 62.2% | 5,413 / 9,172 | |
| Skewb | 14.45 | 17.48 | top 76.4% | 14,744 / 19,164 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 53.10 | — | top 79.4% | 11,882 / 15,900 | |
| 4×4 | 2:09.86 | — | top 85.8% | 16,415 / 19,354 | |
| Megaminx | 4:17.91 | — | top 92.6% | 7,612 / 8,026 |
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
- 3 Oct 2026First sub-20 3×3: 17.14 at Seabrook Open 2026.
- 3 Oct 2026Four personal bests in one day at Seabrook Open 2026.
- 7 Jun 2025First sub-30 3×3: 21.87 at Saint John's Warm Up 2025.
- 7 Jun 2025Three personal bests in one day at Saint John's Warm Up 2025.
- 19 Oct 2024First competition: M Moves in Middlebury 2024. A 37.39 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Seabrook Open 2026 · 3 Oct 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Brookline Favorites III 2025 · 30 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Saint John's Warm Up 2025 · 7 Jun 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- M Moves in Middlebury 2024 · 19 Oct 2024
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.
- Derek White — met in 18 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jason Wickman — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
- Joshua Burdick — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.93 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 70,740 people have one; it is 1.17 away.
Targets move as he improves.