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Nicholas Doan

3×3 · top 43.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2017 · 2017DOAN01

Nicholas Doan has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 21.26, set at Irvine Winter 2018, puts him in the top 43.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 24,922nd in the United States. Across 4 competitions since March 2017, he has put 23 official solves on the record across two events. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:12.40 in March 2017 to 21.26, a 71% improvement. Nicholas has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 43.4% of 284,439 all-time
21.26
signature single · Irvine Winter 2018
23
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×321.2628.26
top 43.4%24,922 / 59,724
2×26.659.71
top 57.4%23,511 / 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

Qualifornia 2017: 1:12.40Cerritos Open 2017: 34.09Nisei Week 2017: 34.52Irvine Winter 2018: 21.2621.261:12.4025 Mar 201717 Feb 2018

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 1.26 away.
  • A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 0.65 away.

Targets move as he improves.