People · Australia
Nicholas Pennell
Pyraminx · top 16.1% of 129,321 all-time · competing since November 2022 · 2022PENN05
Nicholas Pennell has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 5.45, set at Melbourne Summer 2024, puts him in the top 16.1% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 782nd in Australia. Across 13 competitions since November 2022, he has put 175 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 80% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 11 DNFs. His 2×2 best has come down from 17.86 in November 2022 to 3.26, an 82% 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 | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 5.45 | 9.20 | top 16.1% | 782 / 5,993 | |
| 2×2 | 3.26 | 5.15 | top 17.3% | 1,305 / 8,567 | |
| 3×3 | 16.75 | 20.97 | top 30.2% | 2,838 / 11,709 | |
| Skewb | 7.79 | 12.05 | top 39.7% | 1,194 / 3,534 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 48.22 | — | top 75.1% | 1,835 / 2,659 | |
| 4×4 | 2:02.94 | — | top 83.0% | 2,571 / 3,051 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 19 Jan 2024Three personal bests in one day at Melbourne Summer 2024.
- 2 Sep 2023Three personal bests in one day at South Australian Open 2023.
- 29 Jul 2023First sub-20 3×3: 19.68 at Geelong Winter 2023.
- 29 Jul 2023Three personal bests in one day at Geelong Winter 2023.
- 25 Feb 2023First sub-30 3×3: 27.99 at Brilliant Ballarat 2023.
- 12 Nov 2022First competition: Melbourne Cube Days 2022.
Competitions
- Melbourne Summer 2024 · 19 Jan 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Melbourne Cube Days 2023 · 11 Nov 2023
- The Big Cube Melbourne 2023 · 14 Oct 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Cranbourne Spring Sunday 2023 · 10 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- South Australian Open 2023 · 2 Sep 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Melbourne Cubing for Kids Sunday 2023 · 27 Aug 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Geelong Winter 2023 · 29 Jul 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Victorian Open 2023 · 1 Jul 2023
- St Oliver's Speedy Sunday 2023 · 21 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Brilliant Ballarat 2023 · 25 Feb 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Melbourne Summer 2023 · 20 Jan 2023
- Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022 · 15 Dec 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Melbourne Cube Days 2022 · 12 Nov 2022
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.
- Matthew Sieredzinski — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead once
- Phoenix Patterson — met in 33 rounds, never finished ahead
- Divnoor Bajwa — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.45 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.26 away.
Targets move as he improves.