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Nicholas Imber

2×2 · top 9.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2023 · 2023IMBE01

Nicholas Imber has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.53, set at Waterloo Favourites Autumn 2023, puts him in the top 9.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 596th in Canada. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since August 2023, he has put 54 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. Nicholas has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 9.2% of 186,767 all-time
2.53
signature single · Waterloo Favourites Autumn 2023
54
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingCanada
2×22.534.54
top 9.2%596 / 7,173
3×312.2716.21
top 14.8%1,405 / 10,392
4×453.121:05.59
top 28.5%734 / 3,118

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

Appleby Summer A 2023: 13.06Pickering Favourites Fall 2023: 15.36Waterloo Favourites Autumn 2023: 17.63Pickering Mini Afternoon 2024: 12.2712.2717.6312 Aug 202321 Sep 2024

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.

  • Morgan Yeh — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Liam Orovec — met in 8 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Alan Jia — met in 8 rounds, never finished ahead

Next targets

  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.53 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.27 away.

Targets move as he improves.