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Nicholas Gayed

3×3 · top 19.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2015 · 2015GAYE01

Nicholas Gayed has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.48, set at Cool Down Sydney 2019, puts him in the top 19.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,718th in Australia. Across 8 competitions since December 2015, he has put 94 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 71% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 35.85 in December 2015 to 13.48, a 62% improvement. Nicholas has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 19.1% of 284,439 all-time
13.48
signature single · Cool Down Sydney 2019
94
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 71% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
3×313.4817.61
top 19.1%1,718 / 11,709
2×24.566.92
top 33.7%2,652 / 8,567
Pyraminx8.6911.67
top 42.2%2,293 / 5,993
Skewb13.2015.71
top 71.5%2,431 / 3,534
3×3 one-handed55.24
top 80.9%2,036 / 2,659

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 Summer 2015: 35.85Australian Nationals 2016: 27.70Sydney Championship 2016: 21.38Sydney Championship 2017: 19.73Odd Day in Sydney 2018: 17.06Cool Down Sydney 2019: 13.48Koalafication Sydney 2019: 15.76Harold Park Classic 2019: 16.3413.4835.8519 Dec 201525 Aug 2019

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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.48 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.56 away.

Targets move as he improves.