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Nicholas Paul

3×3 one-handed · top 0.075% of 73,695 all-time · competing since November 2014 · 2014PAUL06

Nicholas Paul has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 7.06, set at QLD State Championship 2025, puts him in the top 0.075% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3rd in Australia. Until May 2015, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 39 competitions since November 2014, he has put 1,503 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 79% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.75 in November 2014 to 6.84, a 64% improvement. Nicholas has entered 39 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 one-handed
best event — top 0.075% of 73,695 all-time
7.06
signature single · QLD State Championship 2025
1,503
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 79% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
3×3 one-handed7.0610.07
top 0.075%3 / 2,659
2×20.922.11
top 0.41%54 / 8,567
Pyraminx1.885.02
top 0.95%53 / 5,993
3×36.847.87
top 1.2%127 / 11,709
Skewb2.294.68
top 2.2%75 / 3,534
Square-18.1316.07
top 3.2%35 / 899
4×436.9040.73
top 8.6%222 / 3,051
Clock7.999.79
top 15.2%176 / 1,095
Megaminx1:19.751:26.89
top 21.6%262 / 1,277
5×51:24.611:28.33
top 22.9%303 / 1,356
3×3 Fewest Moves33 moves—
early days — 3 solves116 / 468
3×3 blindfolded2:50.44—
early days — 3 solves229 / 394
6×63:53.84—
top 63.3%393 / 641
7×76:41.87—
top 76.8%376 / 523

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

Sydney Spring 2014: 18.75Brisbane Winter 2018: 14.34Northside Cube Day 2019: 9.56Koalafication Brisbane 2019: 9.00WCA World Championship 2019: 10.17Gold Coast Spring 2019: 8.81Sydney Open 2019: 8.20Northside Cube Days 2020: 8.72Brisbane Is Back On 2021: 8.27Northside Duology Part 1 2022: 6.91Melbourne Summer 2022: 7.26Brisbane Autumn 2022: 8.36Brisbane's 20 in 21 in 2022: 8.12Queensland Open 2022: 7.91 Runaway Bay Saturday Challenge 2022: 7.27Australian Nationals 2022: 8.45Northside Spring Saturday 2022: 7.13Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022: 6.84Brisbane Summer 2023: 7.04Runaway Bay May Saturday 2023: 8.08Queensland Open 2023: 7.76Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023: 7.18U Cube at UQ Sunday 2023: 7.57Australian Nationals 2023: 7.20QUT Qube Challenge Saturday 2023: 8.93Melbourne Summer 2024: 8.25Brisbane Summer 2024: 7.91Cubing in Corinda Sunday 2024: 8.29Speedy Southport 2024: 7.57Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 7.596.8418.7523 Nov 20143 Jul 2025

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.

  • Charlie Eggins — met in 231 rounds, finished ahead 92 times
  • Avery Graham — met in 186 rounds, finished ahead 112 times
  • Conan Mo — met in 183 rounds, finished ahead 110 times

Next targets

  • A sub-6 3×3 one-handed single — 4 people have one; it is 1.06 away.
  • A sub-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.88 away.

Targets move as he improves.