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Nicholas Edward Oppermann

3×3 · top 4.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2023 · 2023OPPE01

Nicholas Edward Oppermann has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.00, set at Cube Against Cancer Houston 2026, puts him in the top 4.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,722nd in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 18 competitions since September 2023, he has put 633 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 77% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.86 in September 2023 to 9.00, a 69% improvement. Nicholas has entered 18 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 4.9% of 284,439 all-time
9.00
signature single · Cube Against Cancer Houston 2026
633
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 77% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×39.0010.18
top 4.9%2,722 / 59,724
2×22.163.59
top 5.9%2,357 / 40,951
Pyraminx4.137.74
top 8.3%2,130 / 28,708
3×3 one-handed17.9827.84
top 15.0%1,949 / 15,683
Skewb4.947.49
top 17.7%2,795 / 18,907
4×444.7255.78
top 18.0%2,735 / 19,072
Clock15.2917.17
top 49.1%3,999 / 8,927
Megaminx2:23.802:43.39
top 58.3%4,377 / 7,841
5×52:24.142:56.22
top 63.1%5,447 / 9,401
Square-148.491:02.87
top 74.7%4,930 / 6,743
3×3 blindfolded5:03.31—
early days — 2 solves1,652 / 2,092

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

Brazos Cubing Fall 2023: 28.86Space City Winter 2024: 20.32Cube Against Cancer Texas 2024: 17.24Turning at Tompkins Spring 2024: 13.95DFW Cubing Summer 2024: 13.76Humble Cube Rumble Summer 2024: 12.37CubingUSA Southern Championship 2024: 12.32Brazos Cubing Fall 2024: 11.28Space City Winter TX 2025: 10.54Cube Against Cancer Houston 2025: 10.65Brazos Cubing Spring 2025: 9.97Cube More in Taylor 2025: 10.88Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 11.42Space City Fall TX 2025: 9.80Texas Championship 2025: 9.84Brazos Cubing Winter 2026: 10.65Cube Against Cancer Houston 2026: 9.00GAN Southern Championship 2026: 9.859.0028.8610 Sep 202311 Jun 2026

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.00 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.16 away.

Targets move as he improves.