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Nicholas Rieske

3×3 · top 29.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2017 · 2017RIES01

Nicholas Rieske has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 16.55, set at Puget Sound Valentine 2018, puts him in the top 29.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,448th in Germany. Across 3 competitions since February 2017, he has put 27 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.15 in February 2017 to 16.55, a 25% improvement. Nicholas has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 29.6% of 284,439 all-time
16.55
signature single · Puget Sound Valentine 2018
27
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingGermany
3×316.5519.56
top 29.6%1,448 / 4,109
5×52:26.642:38.55
top 64.2%696 / 1,158
2×28.209.42
top 69.1%2,162 / 2,875

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

Puget Sound Winter 2017: 22.15SnoCo Cubing Summer 2017: 20.82Puget Sound Valentine 2018: 16.5516.5522.1525 Feb 201717 Feb 2018

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.55 away.
  • A sub-2:00 5×5 single — 20,087 people have one; it is 26.64 away.

Targets move as he improves.