People · Australia
Nicholas Baines
3×3 · top 11.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2024 · 2024BAIN02
Nicholas Baines has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.22, set at Tramsheds VI: Winter Saturday 2025, puts him in the top 11.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 994th in Australia. Across 8 competitions since June 2024, he has put 151 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 74% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.47 in June 2024 to 11.22, a 48% improvement. Nicholas has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 11.22 | 12.45 | top 11.2% | 994 / 11,709 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.19 | 12.50 | top 21.4% | 1,072 / 5,993 | |
| 4×4 | 50.96 | 1:00.61 | top 25.9% | 658 / 3,051 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.46 | 26.28 | top 30.0% | 681 / 2,659 | |
| 2×2 | 4.31 | 5.59 | top 30.5% | 2,372 / 8,567 | |
| Skewb | 7.18 | 9.65 | top 35.0% | 1,011 / 3,534 | |
| Square-1 | 32.63 | 51.02 | top 54.4% | 534 / 899 | |
| 6×6 | 3:48.23 | — | early days — 1 solve | 381 / 641 | |
| 7×7 | 6:07.84 | — | early days — 1 solve | 330 / 523 | |
| Clock | 22.00 | — | early days — 1 solve | 758 / 1,095 |
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
- 23 Aug 2025Three personal bests in one day at Tramsheds VI: Winter Saturday 2025.
- 9 Feb 2025First sub-15 3×3: 12.91 at Tramsheds IV: Summer Sunday 2025.
- 17 Nov 2024First sub-20 3×3: 15.96 at Sydney Spring Sunday 2024.
- 23 Jun 2024First competition: Chilling in Canberra Sunday 2024. A 23.79 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Tramsheds IX: June Saturday 2026 · 6 Jun 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing at The Cube 2026 · 10 Jan 2026
- Tramsheds VII: Spring Sunday 2025 · 9 Nov 2025
- Tramsheds VI: Winter Saturday 2025 · 23 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Tramsheds V: Autumn Sunday 2025 · 18 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Tramsheds IV: Summer Sunday 2025 · 9 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Sydney Spring Sunday 2024 · 17 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Chilling in Canberra Sunday 2024 · 23 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
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.
- Adriel Tsui — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Benjamin Goodwin — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Miles Irwin — met in 23 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.22 away.
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 0.19 away.
Targets move as he improves.