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Nicholas Giambrone

2×2 · top 14.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since July 2015 · 2015GIAM01

Nicholas Giambrone has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.98, set at Boston University Winter 2019, puts him in the top 14.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,504th in the United States. Across 5 competitions since July 2015, he has put 81 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 44.81 in July 2015 to 16.34, a 64% improvement. Nicholas has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 14.0% of 186,767 all-time
2.98
signature single · Boston University Winter 2019
81
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×22.986.64
top 14.0%5,504 / 40,951
3×316.3419.41
top 28.9%15,854 / 59,724
5×52:32.03
early days — 1 solve5,825 / 9,401
Pyraminx11.9914.07
top 67.1%19,848 / 28,708
Skewb12.6322.72
top 69.1%12,987 / 18,907
Square-144.66
early days — 1 solve4,638 / 6,743
4×41:46.97
top 74.9%13,654 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed51.611:05.04
top 78.2%11,483 / 15,683
6×66:17.23
early days — 2 solves3,838 / 4,196

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

US Nationals 2015: 44.81Phillips Exeter Cube Day 2015: 29.74Monument Mountain Winter 2017: 23.03Liberty Science Center Open 2018: 16.34Boston University Winter 2019: 18.1716.3444.8131 Jul 201512 Jan 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.

  • Alex Cohen — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead once
  • Tim Reynolds — met in 17 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Will Russo — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead

Next targets

  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.98 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.34 away.

Targets move as he improves.