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Nicholas Himel

3×3 · top 33.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2023 · 2023HIME01

Nicholas Himel has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 17.63, set at CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2023, puts him in the top 33.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 18,281st in the United States. Across 2 competitions since March 2023, he has put 63 official solves on the record across seven events. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.26 in March 2023 to 17.63, a 21% improvement. Nicholas has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 33.0% of 284,439 all-time
17.63
signature single · CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2023
63
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×317.6323.07
top 33.0%18,281 / 59,724
2×25.858.64
top 49.3%20,034 / 40,951
Skewb9.3513.18
top 50.8%9,106 / 18,907
4×41:31.18
early days — 2 solves11,320 / 19,072
Square-142.2754.64
top 68.1%4,476 / 6,743
3×3 one-handed43.5250.32
top 70.0%10,041 / 15,683
Pyraminx15.7219.64
top 84.3%24,846 / 28,708

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

Nebraska Heartland Warmup 2023: 22.26CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2023: 17.6317.6322.2631 Mar 20232 Jun 2023

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 2.63 away.
  • A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.85 away.

Targets move as he improves.