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Nicholas Barbier

3×3 · top 45.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2007 · 2007BARB01

Nicholas Barbier has been competing for 19 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 22.13, set at Cornell Spring competition 2008, puts him in the top 45.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 26,420th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since May 2007, he has put 20 official solves on the record across two events. His 3×3 best has come down from 45.89 in May 2007 to 22.13, a 52% improvement. Nicholas has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 45.8% of 284,439 all-time
22.13
signature single · Cornell Spring competition 2008
20
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×322.1335.00
top 45.8%26,420 / 59,724
2×217.1823.20
top 93.2%38,720 / 40,951

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

Captain's Cove competition 2007: 45.89Pleasantville Fall competition 2007: 29.24Cornell Spring competition 2008: 22.1322.1345.8926 May 200719 Apr 2008

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-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 2.13 away.
  • A sub-15 2×2 single — 169,048 people have one; it is 2.18 away.

Targets move as he improves.