People · United States
Nicholas Kurian
3×3 · top 0.36% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2022 · 2022KURI01
Nicholas Kurian has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 5.77, set at DFW Cubing Spring 2025, puts him in the top 0.36% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 237th in the United States. Until June 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since July 2022, he has put 435 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 78% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 8.70 in July 2022 to 5.77, a 34% improvement. Nicholas has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% 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 | 5.77 | 7.50 | top 0.36% | 237 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 1.00 | 2.51 | top 0.55% | 229 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 35.33 | 43.65 | top 7.0% | 1,084 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.07 | 18.89 | top 8.2% | 1,100 / 15,683 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.80 | 10.07 | top 26.2% | 7,189 / 28,708 | |
| 5×5 | 1:30.53 | 2:01.36 | top 27.7% | 2,179 / 9,401 | |
| Skewb | 10.74 | 16.93 | top 59.4% | 10,886 / 18,907 | |
| Megaminx | 2:31.57 | — | top 61.9% | 4,679 / 7,841 |
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
- 21 Jun 2025Three personal bests in one day at DFW Cubing Summer 2025.
- 1 Mar 2025Three personal bests in one day at Cube Against Cancer DFW 2025.
- 8 Dec 2024Four personal bests in one day at Cube a Ton in Arlington 2024.
- 23 Oct 2022Three personal bests in one day at DFW Cubing Fall 2022.
- 29 Jul 2022First competition: CubingUSA Southern Championship 2022. A 8.70 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- DFW Cubing Winter 2026 · 3 Jan 2026
- DFW Cubing Summer 2025 · 21 Jun 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- DFW Cubing Spring 2025 · 19 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cube Against Cancer DFW 2025 · 1 Mar 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- DFW Cubing Winter 2025 · 19 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cube a Ton in Arlington 2024 · 8 Dec 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Richardson Cubing Afternoon 2024 · 6 Jul 2024 — 1 personal best set
- DFW Minicomp B 2024 · 23 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- DFW Megacomp 2024 · 16 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- DFW Winter Variation 2024 · 13 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- MYHM Puzzling in Plano 2023 · 20 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- DFW Cubing Fall 2022 · 23 Oct 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Southern Championship 2022 · 29 Jul 2022
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.
- Ryan Pilat — met in 89 rounds, finished ahead once
- Tristan Patrick — met in 65 rounds, finished ahead 41 times
- Cole Dugger — met in 64 rounds, finished ahead 46 times
Next targets
- A sub-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.77 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 5.33 away.
Targets move as he improves.