People · Canada
Nicholas Kang
3×3 · top 6.5% of 288,433 all-time · competing since June 2017 · 2017KANG05
Nicholas Kang has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.64, set at Richmond Open A 2021, puts him in the top 6.5% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 629th in Canada. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since June 2017, he has put 91 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.86 in June 2017 to 9.64, a 61% improvement. Nicholas has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.64 | 10.58 | top 6.5% | 629 / 10,502 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.03 | 23.32 | top 15.2% | 324 / 2,632 | |
| 2×2 | 3.19 | 4.98 | top 16.6% | 1,127 / 7,245 | |
| 4×4 | 43.62 | 54.79 | top 16.6% | 425 / 3,180 | |
| Square-1 | 22.93 | 24.01 | top 34.6% | 301 / 973 | |
| Skewb | 7.97 | 11.33 | top 41.1% | 1,049 / 2,928 |
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
- 11 Dec 2021First sub-10 3×3: 9.64 at Richmond Open A 2021.
- 4 Jan 2020Four personal bests in one day at UBC Open 2020.
- 4 Aug 2017First sub-20 3×3: 14.60 at Indonesian Championship 2017.
- 4 Aug 2017First sub-15 3×3: 14.60 at Indonesian Championship 2017.
- 10 Jun 2017First competition: Vancouver Open Summer 2017. A 24.86 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Richmond Open A 2021 · 11 Dec 2021 — 1 personal best set
- UBC Open 2020 · 4 Jan 2020 — 4 personal bests set
- Fraser Valley Spring Open 2019 · 4 May 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Whistler Open 2017 · 4 Nov 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Indonesian Championship 2017 · 4 Aug 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Vancouver Open Summer 2017 · 10 Jun 2017
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.
- Max Siauw — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead once
- Callum O'Riley — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Kyle Van Straaten — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.64 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 6,118 people have one; it is 3.03 away.
Targets move as he improves.