People · Australia
Nicholas Baker
3×3 · top 7.0% of 288,433 all-time · competing since December 2019 · 2019BAKE06
Nicholas Baker has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.82, set at Darwin Open 2020, puts him in the top 7.0% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 652nd in Australia. Until October 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since December 2019, he has put 125 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.54 in December 2019 to 9.82, a 22% 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 | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.82 | 11.96 | top 7.0% | 652 / 11,943 | |
| 2×2 | 3.48 | 4.94 | top 20.0% | 1,541 / 8,727 | |
| 4×4 | 46.50 | 51.80 | top 20.3% | 509 / 3,108 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:24.58 | 2:31.28 | top 21.2% | 110 / 399 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.44 | 27.12 | top 27.3% | 617 / 2,685 | |
| 5×5 | 1:52.11 | 2:10.87 | top 44.2% | 607 / 1,412 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 3 of 3 cubes · 12:23 | — | early days — 1 solve | 90 / 186 | |
| 6×6 | 3:36.36 | 3:52.21 | early days — 3 solves | 360 / 667 | |
| Square-1 | 37.83 | 50.82 | top 62.6% | 620 / 920 | |
| Skewb | 12.01 | 16.42 | top 66.1% | 2,261 / 3,589 | |
| 7×7 | 7:33.08 | — | early days — 1 solve | 435 / 540 | |
| Clock | 31.25 | — | early days — 1 solve | 990 / 1,159 | |
| Pyraminx | 16.52 | 19.48 | top 86.6% | 5,405 / 6,109 |
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
- 5 Dec 2020First sub-10 3×3: 9.82 at Darwin Open 2020.
- 5 Dec 2020Five personal bests in one day at Darwin Open 2020.
- 7 Dec 2019First competition: Darwin Open 2019. A 12.54 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Darwin Open 2022 · 16 Apr 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Northside Duology Part 1 2022 · 7 Jan 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Darwin Open 2020 · 5 Dec 2020 — 5 personal bests set
- Darwin Open 2019 · 7 Dec 2019
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.
- Ethan Pride — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Patrick Kleverlaan — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Myles Segal — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.82 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.48 away.
Targets move as he improves.