People · United States
Nicholas Limaye
3×3 · top 9.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2023 · 2023NICH06
Nicholas Limaye has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.58, set at Annuntia Saturday Open 2023, puts him in the top 9.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,033rd in the United States. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since May 2023, he has put 462 official solves on the record across eight 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 21.75 in May 2023 to 10.58, a 51% 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 | 10.58 | 13.30 | top 9.2% | 5,033 / 59,724 | |
| Skewb | 3.98 | 8.15 | top 10.8% | 1,657 / 18,907 | |
| 2×2 | 2.75 | 4.71 | top 11.5% | 4,506 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.73 | 8.28 | top 18.0% | 4,788 / 28,708 | |
| Clock | 16.25 | 19.88 | top 52.7% | 4,330 / 8,927 | |
| Square-1 | 31.75 | 39.76 | top 52.8% | 3,466 / 6,743 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 33.24 | 37.78 | top 53.9% | 7,464 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 1:19.50 | 1:34.58 | top 55.5% | 9,509 / 19,072 |
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
- 18 Nov 2023First sub-20 3×3: 16.30 at Annuntia Saturday Open 2023.
- 18 Nov 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.68 at Annuntia Saturday Open 2023.
- 18 Nov 2023Four personal bests in one day at Annuntia Saturday Open 2023.
- 6 May 2023First competition: Koersel Saturday Open 2023. A 22.48 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Paradise Place Thailand Cube Open 2026 · 28 Aug 2026
- Georgia April Open 2026 · 18 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- No Rush Hasselt 2026 · 14 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Ranst Autumn 2025 · 11 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Beveren Saturday Open 2025 · 27 Sep 2025
- Brugge Beginners Open 2025 · 22 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Hurlubiks Cube Mouscron 2025 · 22 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Alphen Cubing 2025 · 19 Jan 2025
- Zottegem Saturday Open 2024 · 5 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Geel Beginners Saturday 2024 · 16 Mar 2024
- Hurlubiks Cube Mouscron 2024 · 10 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Annuntia Saturday Open 2023 · 18 Nov 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Koersel Saturday Open 2023 · 6 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Joran Pauwels — met in 80 rounds, never finished ahead
- Rik De Cock — met in 73 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Lars Corthout — met in 67 rounds, finished ahead 27 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.58 away.
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.98 away.
Targets move as he improves.