People · Canada
Nicholas Oon
3×3 · top 5.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2016 · 2016OONN01
Nicholas Oon has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.09, set at London Winter 2024, puts him in the top 5.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 486th in Canada. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since December 2016, he has put 213 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 55% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.87 in December 2016 to 9.09, a 34% improvement. Nicholas has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.09 | 11.73 | top 5.1% | 486 / 10,392 | |
| 2×2 | 2.64 | 3.45 | top 10.3% | 674 / 7,173 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.72 | 10.17 | top 11.5% | 435 / 4,858 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.08 | 22.60 | top 12.8% | 272 / 2,620 | |
| Square-1 | 15.80 | 31.47 | top 18.2% | 153 / 952 | |
| 4×4 | 47.32 | 52.24 | top 21.2% | 533 / 3,118 | |
| Skewb | 7.56 | 10.40 | top 37.9% | 952 / 2,907 | |
| 5×5 | 2:05.00 | 2:13.60 | top 52.4% | 692 / 1,499 |
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
- 23 Sep 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.88 at Appleby Fall A 2023.
- 17 Jun 2017Three personal bests in one day at Newmarket Open 2017.
- 18 Mar 2017Three personal bests in one day at Michigan Cubing Club Beta 2017.
- 10 Dec 2016First competition: Toronto Limited Fall 2016. A 14.32 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- London Winter 2024 · 24 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Appleby Fall A 2023 · 23 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Oakville Limited Fall 2017 · 11 Nov 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Battle of Waterloo 2017 · 23 Sep 2017 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2017 · 7 Jul 2017
- Newmarket Open 2017 · 17 Jun 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Michigan Cubing Club Beta 2017 · 18 Mar 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Toronto Limited Fall 2016 · 10 Dec 2016 — 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.
- Nicholas Patterson — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Ryan Minjun Cho — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Brennen Lin — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.09 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.64 away.
Targets move as he improves.