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Nicholas Eppingstall

2×2 · top 1.9% of 189,179 all-time · competing since January 2021 · 2021EPPI01

Nicholas Eppingstall has been competing for 6 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.44, set at Solving in Sale 2022, puts him in the top 1.9% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 172nd in Australia. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 55 competitions since January 2021, he has put 2,163 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 69% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.14 in January 2021 to 9.17, a 62% improvement. Nicholas has entered 55 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 1.9% of 189,179 all-time
1.44
signature single · Solving in Sale 2022
2,163
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 69% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
2×21.443.76
top 1.9%172 / 8,727
3×39.1713.05
top 5.3%496 / 11,943
Skewb3.335.99
top 6.8%194 / 3,589
Pyraminx4.106.13
top 8.2%381 / 6,109
4×447.6259.35
top 21.7%557 / 3,108
3×3 one-handed22.7726.61
top 28.2%638 / 2,685
5×51:37.021:50.57
top 33.2%461 / 1,412
3×3 blindfolded2:59.93—
top 52.4%248 / 399
Megaminx2:16.472:25.82
top 54.6%699 / 1,313
Square-145.16—
top 71.3%696 / 920
Clock22.5924.61
top 71.5%823 / 1,159
6×64:20.75—
top 72.1%467 / 667
7×76:28.84—
top 74.2%375 / 540
3×3 Fewest Moves49 moves—
early days — 3 solves340 / 474

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

Melbourne Summer 2021: 24.14Barwon Cube for the Kids 2021: 17.49Solving in Sale 2021: 14.15Altona Algorithms Attempt 2 2021: 14.00December Series: Geelong says So-Long 2021: 16.27Melbourne Summer 2022: 16.96Brilliant Ballarat 2022: 16.29Melbourne Mini Saturday 2022: 13.26Solving in Sale 2022: 14.62Wonderful Williamstown 2022: 15.35Victorian Open 2022: 14.96Apollo Bay Cubing 2022: 13.50Koalafication Melbourne 2022: 14.12Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022: 14.24Melbourne Summer 2023: 14.77Kensington Summer Saturday 2023: 13.30Brilliant Ballarat 2023: 14.48Solving in Sale 2023: 17.00Apollo Bay Cubing 2023: 14.15Victorian Open 2023: 13.44Geelong Winter 2023: 14.22Tassie Summer 2024: 15.50Melbourne Summer 2024: 13.36Altona Algorithms 2024: 13.91Brilliant Ballarat 2024: 12.67Solving In Sale 2024: 13.37Mount Gambier Open 2024: 13.07Kensington May Saturday 2024: 13.35Apollo Bay Cubing 2024: 13.21Australian Nationals 2024: 13.39Geelong Winter 2024: 11.75Spark Melbourne Spring Saturday 2024: 13.23Nimble Newborough 2024: 13.06Melbourne Cube Days 2024: 11.39Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2024: 13.31Melbourne Summer 2025: 12.17Brilliant Ballarat 2025: 13.99Spark Melbourne February 2025: 11.68Solving in Sale 2025: 11.10VIC State Championship 2025: 12.11Spark Melbourne July 2025: 12.74Geelong Winter 2025: 13.14Apollo Bay Cubing 2025: 14.91Nimble Newborough 2025: 11.55Melbourne Cube Days 2025: 13.15Don't Inverloch Up 2026: 12.94West Melbourne Open 2026: 12.16Solving in Sale 2026: 9.17Brilliant Ballarat 2026: 12.32Australian Nationals 2026: 12.23Geelong Winter 2026: 13.50Bendigo Blitz 2026: 12.759.1724.1423 Jan 202117 Oct 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-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.44 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.17 away.

Targets move as he improves.