People · United States
Nicholas Lydon
3×3 · top 29.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2012 · 2012LYDO01
Nicholas Lydon has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 16.59, set at Harvard Fall 2012, puts him in the top 29.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 16,307th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since May 2012, he has put 51 official solves on the record across five events. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.63 in May 2012 to 16.59, a 23% improvement. Nicholas has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% 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 | 16.59 | 18.70 | top 29.7% | 16,307 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 4.80 | 6.93 | top 36.8% | 14,701 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.16 | 19.04 | top 46.2% | 13,285 / 28,708 | |
| 4×4 | 1:38.97 | 1:50.56 | top 69.9% | 12,536 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 47.15 | 1:02.18 | top 73.9% | 10,711 / 15,683 |
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
- 6 Oct 2012Three personal bests in one day at Harvard Fall 2012.
- 8 Sep 2012First sub-20 3×3: 17.88 at Yale Fall 2012.
- 8 Sep 2012Three personal bests in one day at Yale Fall 2012.
- 26 May 2012First competition: Captain's Cove competition 2012. A 21.63 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Harvard Fall 2012 · 6 Oct 2012 — 3 personal bests set
- Yale Fall 2012 · 8 Sep 2012 — 3 personal bests set
- Captain's Cove competition 2012 · 26 May 2012
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.
- Bob Burton — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Tim Reynolds — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead
- Colin Boyd — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.59 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.80 away.
Targets move as he improves.