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Nicholas Liu
Pyraminx · top 50.2% of 130,891 all-time · competing since December 2023 · 2023LIUN03
Nicholas Liu has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 9.65, set at Sydney Summer 2023, puts him in the top 50.2% of the 130,891 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,900th in Australia. Across 2 competitions since December 2023, he has put 24 official solves on the record across three events. Nicholas has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 9.65 | 12.38 | top 50.2% | 2,900 / 6,109 | |
| 3×3 | 42.46 | 48.33 | top 79.6% | 9,453 / 11,943 | |
| 2×2 | 12.51 | 15.75 | top 85.7% | 7,419 / 8,727 |
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, Pyraminx. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 16 Dec 2023First competition: Sydney Summer 2023. A 42.46 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Sydney Cubing Decathlon 2026 · 2 Oct 2026
- Sydney Summer 2023 · 16 Dec 2023
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.
- Emerson Owen — met in 5 rounds, finished ahead once
- Bryan Eng — met in 5 rounds, never finished ahead
- Thomas Liao — met in 5 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 47,369 people have one; it is 1.65 away.
- A sub-40 3×3 single — 221,848 people have one; it is 2.46 away.
Targets move as he improves.