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Nicholas Smith

2×2 · top 30.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2022 · 2022SMIT10

Nicholas Smith has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 4.29, set at New Hampshire Spring 2023, puts him in the top 30.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 12,017th in the United States. Across 25 competitions since May 2022, he has put 410 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 52% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 8 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 40.38 in May 2022 to 21.21, a 47% improvement. Nicholas has entered 25 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 30.2% of 186,767 all-time
4.29
signature single · New Hampshire Spring 2023
410
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 52% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×24.298.12
top 30.2%12,017 / 40,951
Pyraminx7.4913.88
top 31.9%8,921 / 28,708
Skewb7.5514.12
top 37.8%6,476 / 18,907
3×321.2130.08
top 43.3%24,825 / 59,724
Clock23.8833.58
top 74.5%6,491 / 8,927
3×3 one-handed1:04.501:22.28
top 86.4%13,069 / 15,683
4×42:44.24—
top 94.4%18,116 / 19,072

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

Moose On The Loose Cubikon 2022: 40.38Granite State 2022: 33.84Cubing in Beverly 2022: 30.81Cubers Flood Watertown 2022: 27.42Maine Fall 2022: 33.40Burke Mountain Cubing 2022: 28.40Loon Cubikon 2022: 21.21Maine Spring 2023: 31.09Panthers Cube Day 2023: 32.91New Hampshire Spring 2023: 34.89CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 32.37Be Quick in Brunswick 2023: 27.57CubingUSA New England Championship 2023: 31.10Loon Cubikon 2023: 29.53Maine Winter 2024: 26.82River Hawk Cubikon 2024: 25.59Upper Valley Cube Day 2024: 31.39Salem Cubikon 2024: 29.56Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024: 28.03Loon Cubikon 2024: 32.89Orono Open 2025: 30.30Skowhegan Cubikon 2025: 29.22CubingUSA New England Championship 2025: 27.93Loon Cubikon NH 2025: 21.7021.2140.387 May 202216 Nov 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.

Next targets

  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.29 away.
  • A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 1.49 away.

Targets move as he improves.