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Nicholas Chan

3×3 · top 22.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2014 · 2014CHAN28

Nicholas Chan has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.53, set at Sydney Autumn 2015, puts him in the top 22.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,078th in Australia. Across 3 competitions since November 2014, he has put 56 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.18 in November 2014 to 14.53, a 31% improvement. Nicholas has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 22.8% of 284,439 all-time
14.53
signature single · Sydney Autumn 2015
56
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
3×314.5317.23
top 22.8%2,078 / 11,709
2×24.306.11
top 30.3%2,355 / 8,567
Pyraminx7.5912.22
top 32.8%1,724 / 5,993
4×41:05.271:16.32
top 42.1%1,115 / 3,051

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

Sydney Spring 2014: 21.18Sydney Autumn 2015: 14.53Sydney Winter 2015: 14.9614.5321.1823 Nov 20148 Aug 2015

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.

  • Hoa Pham — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
  • Nathan Seeto — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
  • Alex Tedeschi — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead 3 times

Next targets

  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.53 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.30 away.

Targets move as he improves.