People · United States
Nicholas Smith
3×3 · top 33.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2018 · 2018SMIT47
Nicholas Smith has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 17.90, set at North Star Cubing Challenge 2022, puts him in the top 33.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 18,809th in the United States. Across 4 competitions since December 2018, he has put 35 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 39.38 in December 2018 to 17.90, a 55% improvement. Nicholas has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 17.90 | 19.51 | top 33.8% | 18,809 / 59,724 | |
| Skewb | 8.39 | 11.01 | top 44.2% | 7,777 / 18,907 | |
| 2×2 | 6.65 | 8.40 | top 57.4% | 23,511 / 40,951 |
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, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 4 Dec 2021First sub-30 3×3: 18.70 at Cubetcha A 2021.
- 4 Dec 2021First sub-20 3×3: 18.70 at Cubetcha A 2021.
- 31 Dec 2018First competition: Race the Clock 2018. A 39.38 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- North Star Cubing Challenge 2022 · 5 Feb 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Cubetcha A 2021 · 4 Dec 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- 3x3 Only Minnesota 2019 · 24 Aug 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Race the Clock 2018 · 31 Dec 2018
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.
- Carter Kucala — met in 7 rounds, never finished ahead
- Harrison Toppings — met in 6 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Tyler Johnson — met in 6 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 2.90 away.
- A sub-8 Skewb single — 30,246 people have one; it is 0.39 away.
Targets move as he improves.