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Nicholas Hampp
3×3 · top 4.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2023 · 2023HAMP03
Nicholas Hampp has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.01, set at Cicero 2023, puts him in the top 4.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,735th in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since March 2023, he has put 343 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 62% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.45 in March 2023 to 9.01, a 21% improvement. Nicholas has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.01 | 11.22 | top 4.9% | 2,735 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.43 | 3.91 | top 8.2% | 3,242 / 40,951 | |
| Square-1 | 11.82 | 19.01 | top 9.5% | 673 / 6,743 | |
| 4×4 | 49.72 | 56.24 | top 24.4% | 3,725 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.71 | 33.39 | top 28.0% | 3,612 / 15,683 | |
| Clock | 11.53 | 12.36 | top 32.7% | 2,568 / 8,927 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.07 | 13.21 | top 36.8% | 10,419 / 28,708 | |
| Skewb | 8.26 | 10.77 | top 43.3% | 7,593 / 18,907 | |
| 5×5 | 2:46.80 | — | early days — 2 solves | 6,506 / 9,401 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 3 Dec 2023Four personal bests in one day at Cicero 2023.
- 10 Jun 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.82 at Warwick Cube Day 2023.
- 25 Mar 2023First competition: Nickel City 2023. A 11.45 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Binghamton Winter 2025 · 12 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Binghamton Cube Day 2024 · 16 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- ROC the Cube 2024 · 15 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Cicero 2023 · 3 Dec 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Hudson Valley 2023 · 19 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Pretzel Mania Summer 2023 · 2 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2023 · 17 Jun 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Warwick Cube Day 2023 · 10 Jun 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Richmond Spring 2023 · 8 Apr 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Nickel City 2023 · 25 Mar 2023
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.
- Evan Liu — met in 53 rounds, finished ahead once
- Zach Ridall — met in 41 rounds, never finished ahead
- Nicholas Houghton — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.01 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.43 away.
Targets move as he improves.