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Nicholas Daneshvari

3×3 · top 1.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2012 · 2012DANE01

Nicholas Daneshvari has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.40, set at West Coast Cubing Tour - Los Angeles 2018, puts him in the top 1.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,103rd in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 62 competitions since February 2012, he has put 2,362 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 56% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.56 in February 2012 to 7.40, a 69% improvement. Nicholas has entered 62 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.8% of 284,439 all-time
7.40
signature single · West Coast Cubing Tour - Los Angeles 2018
2,362
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 56% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×37.409.14
top 1.8%1,103 / 59,724
2×21.552.19
top 2.4%934 / 40,951
Square-18.3712.11
top 3.5%263 / 6,743
3×3 one-handed12.9514.90
top 4.3%637 / 15,683
Skewb3.276.37
top 6.4%993 / 18,907
Pyraminx3.856.63
top 6.9%1,761 / 28,708
4×437.8242.55
top 9.6%1,433 / 19,072
5×51:20.821:26.80
top 19.8%1,547 / 9,401
Megaminx1:22.591:37.50
top 23.5%1,621 / 7,841
3×3 Fewest Moves34 moves35.67
top 26.7%586 / 2,040
Clock10.9411.85
top 29.8%2,330 / 8,927
6×62:45.383:01.23
top 33.6%1,206 / 4,196
7×74:19.244:34.45
top 37.4%1,045 / 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

Caltech Winter 2012: 23.56Caltech Spring 2012: 18.90Antelope Valley Winter 2013: 13.84Antelope Valley Spring Open 2013: 15.50Caltech Spring Open 2013: 13.71World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013: 14.09Antelope Valley Fall 2013: 14.57Caltech Fall Open 2013: 12.44Caltech Winter Open 2014: 12.77San Diego Summer Splash 2014: 12.31Berkeley Summer 2014: 11.56Berkeley Fall 2014: 11.38Berkeley Winter 2015: 11.47BASC 7 2015: 9.62US Nationals 2015: 11.64Berkeley Summer 2015: 10.00Hayward Rubik's Rumble 2015: 11.39Berkeley Fall 2015: 9.38Berkeley Winter 2016: 11.19Oregon 2016: 10.93Berkeley Summer 2016: 11.07Berkeley Fall 2016: 9.00AZCubing Winter 2017: 9.55Armin Open 2017: 9.27Berkeley Winter 2017: 9.06Qualifornia 2017: 8.10Berkeley Spring 2017: 9.74Bay Area Speedcubin' 10 2017: 8.856.25 Bay Area 2017: 9.14CubingUSA Nationals 2017: 9.12San Ramon 2017: 8.27Northwest Championships 2017: 9.05Berkeley Summer 2017: 9.20San Ramon Cubed 2017: 7.73Berkeley Fall 2017: 8.57SacCubing III 2018: 9.68Berkeley Winter 2018: 10.04Bay Area Speedcubin' 11 2018: 8.69Berkeley Spring 2018: 9.51Colorado Qualifier 2018: 8.48West Coast Cubing Tour - Los Angeles 2018: 7.40CubingUSA Nationals 2018: 9.13Slow N Steady Summer 2018: 9.50Penn Cube Day Fall 2018: 8.13Woodberry Forest School Cubing 2019: 9.19Northern Virginia Summer 2019: 8.13Rally in the Valley 2019: 8.89CubingUSA Nationals 2019: 8.92Slow N Steady Summer 2019: 8.77Solving Hunger Virginia 2019: 8.16TJHSST Fall 2019: 8.30Rocky Top 2019: 8.78Potomac Speedcubing 2020: 8.74Slow N Steady Winter 2020: 8.99Slow N Steady Fall 2021: 7.91Granite State 2022: 8.58Cubing in Beverly 2022: 8.40Amherst Open 2022: 8.50Fall River Cubikon 2023: 7.727.4023.5611 Feb 20125 Feb 2023

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.

  • Riley Woo — met in 249 rounds, finished ahead 66 times
  • Ryan Jew — met in 199 rounds, finished ahead 90 times
  • Jacob Posner — met in 163 rounds, finished ahead 99 times

Next targets

  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.40 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.55 away.

Targets move as he improves.