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Nicholas Ball
Pyraminx · top 6.9% of 129,321 all-time · competing since May 2024 · 2024BALL06
Nicholas Ball has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.85, set at Vegas Cubing Cup Winter 2025, puts him in the top 6.9% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,761st in the United States. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since May 2024, he has put 106 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.89 in May 2024 to 12.25, a 41% 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.85 | 8.23 | top 6.9% | 1,761 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 | 12.25 | 14.48 | top 14.8% | 7,897 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 3.30 | 5.07 | top 17.8% | 6,967 / 40,951 | |
| Skewb | 5.30 | 7.57 | top 20.5% | 3,269 / 18,907 | |
| 4×4 | 51.25 | 1:01.99 | top 26.3% | 4,039 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 1:50.24 | 2:02.15 | top 42.7% | 3,484 / 9,401 | |
| Megaminx | 1:56.25 | — | top 43.8% | 3,191 / 7,841 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:47.19 | 3:15.04 | early days — 3 solves | 1,044 / 2,092 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 42.96 | 52.58 | top 69.3% | 9,928 / 15,683 | |
| 6×6 | 4:39.23 | — | early days — 1 solve | 3,064 / 4,196 | |
| 7×7 | 7:36.68 | — | early days — 1 solve | 2,716 / 3,184 |
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
- 8 Feb 2025Four personal bests in one day at Vegas Cubing Cup Winter 2025.
- 4 Jan 2025Four personal bests in one day at Space City Winter TX 2025.
- 24 Aug 2024First sub-20 3×3: 14.57 at Vegas Cubing Cup Summer 2024.
- 24 Aug 2024First sub-15 3×3: 14.57 at Vegas Cubing Cup Summer 2024.
- 24 Aug 2024Three personal bests in one day at Vegas Cubing Cup Summer 2024.
- 25 May 2024First competition: Vegas Cubing Cup Spring 2024. A 20.89 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Vegas Cubing Cup Winter 2025 · 8 Feb 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Space City Winter TX 2025 · 4 Jan 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Vegas Cubing Cup Summer 2024 · 24 Aug 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Vegas Cubing Cup Spring 2024 · 25 May 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.
- Samuel Martin — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Shane Grogan — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Dan Tran — met in 20 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.85 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.25 away.
Targets move as he improves.