People · United States
Nicholas Russo
Clock · top 3.3% of 32,048 all-time · competing since October 2025 · 2025RUSS10
Nicholas Russo has been competing for 11 months. Their best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 4.51, set at BC Championship 2026, puts them in the top 3.3% of the 32,048 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 274th in the United States. Until June 2015, no official Clock solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since October 2025, they have put 218 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, their 3×3 times vary about 18% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. Their Pyraminx best has come down from 9.14 in October 2025 to 3.86, a 58% improvement. Nicholas has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clock | 4.51 | 5.69 | top 3.3% | 274 / 8,927 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.86 | 7.01 | top 7.0% | 1,776 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 3.93 | 5.38 | top 25.6% | 10,051 / 40,951 | |
| Skewb | 6.47 | 13.35 | top 29.5% | 4,838 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 | 16.92 | 21.77 | top 30.7% | 16,944 / 59,724 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 35.66 | 52.85 | top 58.4% | 8,153 / 15,683 | |
| Megaminx | 2:41.77 | — | top 66.7% | 5,123 / 7,841 | |
| Square-1 | 43.67 | 55.55 | top 69.6% | 4,577 / 6,743 |
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, Pyraminx. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 7 Mar 2026First sub-20 3×3: 19.55 at Tyler Twists & Turns 2026.
- 7 Mar 2026Three personal bests in one day at Tyler Twists & Turns 2026.
- 19 Oct 2025First competition: Space City Fall TX 2025. A 23.47 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- BC Championship 2026 · 7 Aug 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- GAN Southern Championship 2026 · 11 Jun 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Temple Qualifier 2026 · 9 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Tyler Twists & Turns 2026 · 7 Mar 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Georgetown Side Event Day 2026 · 22 Feb 2026
- Georgetown FMC 2025 · 21 Dec 2025
- Georgetown Side Events Weeknight 2025 · 19 Dec 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Temple Cubing Fall 2025 · 2 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Space City Fall TX 2025 · 19 Oct 2025
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 their.
- Tristan Patrick — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Thai Bui — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Ryan Pilat — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-4 Clock single — 741 people have one; it is 0.51 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.86 away.
Targets move as they improves.