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Nicholas Moreno

3×3 · top 16.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2016 · 2016MORE04

Nicholas Moreno has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.83, set at Grossmont Fall 2019, puts him in the top 16.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9,018th in the United States. Across 15 competitions since February 2016, he has put 185 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 93% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 48.40 in February 2016 to 12.83, a 73% improvement. Nicholas has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 16.8% of 284,439 all-time
12.83
signature single · Grossmont Fall 2019
185
official solves on the record
16%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 93% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×312.8316.82
top 16.8%9,018 / 59,724
Square-119.7925.58
top 27.6%1,814 / 6,743
4×454.081:05.88
top 29.6%4,640 / 19,072
2×24.955.88
top 38.7%15,518 / 40,951
3×3 Multi-Blind4 of 4 cubes · 31:10
early days — 2 solves328 / 731
3×3 blindfolded2:33.36
top 44.4%949 / 2,092
Skewb9.6826.13
top 52.9%9,539 / 18,907
Pyraminx10.1023.68
top 53.8%15,698 / 28,708
5×52:15.49
early days — 2 solves4,992 / 9,401
3×3 one-handed36.1643.07
top 59.4%8,319 / 15,683
3×3 Fewest Moves46 moves
top 68.6%1,424 / 2,040
Clock24.1930.95
top 75.1%6,564 / 8,927

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

Berkeley Winter 2016: 48.40Nisei Week 2017: 22.51Thanks Four The Invite 2018: 20.23Irvine Winter 2018: 16.95Thanks for the InFive 2018: 18.59West Coast Cubing Tour - Los Angeles 2018: 19.44CubeChella 2018: 17.97Thousand Oaks Cubing Open 2019: 15.56CubingUSA Western Championship 2019: 16.06Mudd Fall 2019: 14.95Grossmont Fall 2019: 12.83Mudd Winter 2020: 14.9212.8348.4020 Feb 201622 Feb 2020

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.83 away.
  • A sub-15 Square-1 single — 4,160 people have one; it is 4.79 away.

Targets move as he improves.