People · United States
Nicholas Park
2×2 · top 14.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2018 · 2018PARK14
Nicholas Park has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.03, set at New York Yopen 2022, puts him in the top 14.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,719th in the United States. Across 13 competitions since May 2018, he has put 208 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 85% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 41.60 in May 2018 to 12.34, a 70% 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 3.03 | 5.48 | top 14.6% | 5,719 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 12.34 | 14.34 | top 15.1% | 8,061 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.31 | 8.84 | top 30.4% | 8,465 / 28,708 | |
| Square-1 | 22.38 | 33.50 | top 33.3% | 2,157 / 6,743 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:09.21 | — | early days — 1 solve | 765 / 2,092 | |
| Skewb | 8.18 | 12.22 | top 42.6% | 7,464 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 29.19 | 36.92 | top 44.8% | 6,053 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 1:17.15 | 1:25.83 | top 53.5% | 9,093 / 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
- 1 Aug 2019First sub-20 3×3: 14.66 at CubingUSA Nationals 2019.
- 1 Aug 2019First sub-15 3×3: 14.66 at CubingUSA Nationals 2019.
- 29 Sep 2018First sub-30 3×3: 24.59 at Princeton Fall 2018.
- 19 May 2018First competition: North Plainfield Open 2018. A 41.60 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- CubingUSA Nationals 2023 · 27 Jul 2023
- Pioneer Valley Cubing B 2023 · 22 Jan 2023 — 1 personal best set
- New York Yopen 2022 · 3 Dec 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady Fall 2022 · 29 Oct 2022 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2019 · 1 Aug 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- River Hill Spring 2019 · 2 Jun 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Bala Big and Blind 2019 · 18 May 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Lower Moreland Winter 2019 · 16 Mar 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Lower Moreland Fall 2018 · 10 Nov 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- New York City Fall 2018 · 21 Oct 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Princeton Fall 2018 · 29 Sep 2018 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2018 · 2 Jun 2018 — 1 personal best set
- North Plainfield Open 2018 · 19 May 2018
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.
- Frederick Jinwoo Park — met in 47 rounds, finished ahead 37 times · head to head
- Tyler Kochy — met in 35 rounds, never finished ahead
- Livia Kleiner — met in 30 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.03 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.34 away.
Targets move as he improves.