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Nicholas Patterson

2×2 · top 0.15% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2016 · 2016PATT02

Nicholas Patterson has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.73, set at Appleby Summer B 2023, puts him in the top 0.15% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8th in Canada. Until November 2011, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 86 competitions since April 2016, he has put 2,827 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 55% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.67 in April 2016 to 6.21, a 60% improvement. Nicholas has entered 86 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.15% of 186,767 all-time
0.73
signature single · Appleby Summer B 2023
2,827
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 55% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingCanada
2×20.731.64
top 0.15%8 / 7,173
Pyraminx1.453.21
top 0.36%12 / 4,858
3×36.218.38
top 0.62%57 / 10,392
Skewb1.792.74
top 0.9%12 / 2,907
4×427.2636.51
top 1.5%33 / 3,118
3×3 one-handed12.7016.38
top 4.0%90 / 2,620
5×559.071:04.64
top 5.0%54 / 1,499
Square-110.1013.67
top 6.2%45 / 952
Megaminx58.501:07.40
top 9.2%86 / 1,375
3×3 blindfolded56.231:16.77
top 11.8%39 / 351
Clock7.278.31
top 12.0%87 / 1,029
6×62:11.762:20.20
top 16.2%77 / 665
7×73:22.453:33.10
top 17.1%63 / 503
3×3 Fewest Moves31 moves34.33
top 17.4%56 / 283
3×3 Multi-Blind6 of 6 cubes · 38:48—
top 30.4%34 / 112
4×4 blindfolded6:30.608:33.01
top 33.3%13 / 60
5×5 blindfolded17:04.00—
early days — 2 solves10 / 30

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

Toronto Limited Spring 2016: 15.67Newmarket Open 2016: 11.34Toronto Limited Summer 2016: 14.39Toronto Limited Fall 2016: 12.04London Limited Spring 2017: 11.13Newmarket Open 2017: 11.27CubingUSA Nationals 2017: 12.83Battle of Waterloo 2017: 13.17Pickering 2017: 9.40Oakville Limited Fall 2017: 9.28Oakville Limited Winter 2018: 11.29Pickering Spring 2018: 10.49Niagara Select 2018: 8.76Oakville Limited Spring 2018: 10.59Newmarket Open 2018: 10.48Battle of Waterloo 2018: 8.63Oakville Limited Fall 2018: 9.56Oakville Autumn Limited 2018: 9.16Ajax Winter 2019: 8.49Newmarket Open 2019: 9.27Canadian Championship 2019: 8.91Cubing in the 6ix 2019: 8.45Battle of Waterloo 2019: 8.83Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2022: 8.02Battle of Waterloo 2022: 7.55Richmond Hill 2022: 8.29Oakville Fall B 2022: 8.33Appleby Winter A 2023: 8.11London Winter A 2023: 8.23Pickering B 2023: 8.28Guelph 2023: 7.58Southern Ontario Summer - Waterloo 2023: 7.59Appleby Summer B 2023: 7.94Ajax 3x3x3 Afternoon 2023: 6.79Appleby Fall A 2023: 7.59Waterloo Favourites Fall 2023: 8.86Pickering Fall B 2023: 7.99Greater Toronto 2024: 6.21Battle of Waterloo 2024: 7.27Appleby Summer 2024: 8.27Ontario Championship 2024: 7.10Pickering Mini Morning 2024: 9.13Pickering Favourites Autumn 2024: 8.57Waterloo Winter 2025: 8.58Greater Toronto 2025: 8.45Pickering Favourites Spring 2025: 6.89Pickering NxNxN Summer 2025: 8.35Brantford Fall 2025: 7.56Waterloo Fall 2025: 7.49Pickering NxNxN Winter 2026: 7.46Western Ontario Winter 2026: 8.27Pickering Mini Morning 2026: 7.90Wasaga Beach Spring 2026: 7.92Waterloo Spring 2026: 8.45Pickering Favourites Summer 2026: 7.596.2115.6730 Apr 201614 Jun 2026

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-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.45 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.21 away.

Targets move as he improves.