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Nicholas Spies
3×3 · top 15.6% of 288,433 all-time · competing since February 2024 · 2024SPIE01
Nicholas Spies has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.46, set at ROC the Cube 2024, puts him in the top 15.6% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8,437th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since February 2024, he has put 52 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.89 in February 2024 to 12.46, a 22% improvement. Nicholas has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% 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 | 12.46 | 15.52 | top 15.6% | 8,437 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 4.95 | 6.62 | top 38.7% | 15,792 / 41,674 | |
| Clock | 12.86 | — | early days — 3 solves | 3,177 / 9,172 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.40 | 11.47 | top 48.2% | 14,174 / 29,168 | |
| 4×4 | 1:14.62 | — | top 51.3% | 8,786 / 19,354 | |
| Skewb | 12.19 | 15.77 | top 67.0% | 12,700 / 19,164 | |
| Square-1 | 47.63 | — | early days — 2 solves | 4,928 / 6,846 |
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
- 30 Mar 2024First sub-15 3×3: 13.74 at Happy Valley Spring 2024.
- 3 Feb 2024First competition: NoVa Cube Winter 2024. A 15.89 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- ROC the Cube 2024 · 15 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Happy Valley Spring 2024 · 30 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- NoVa Cube Winter 2024 · 3 Feb 2024
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.
- Zach Ridall — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead
- Leland Pak — met in 7 rounds, finished ahead once
- Michael Nielsen — met in 7 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 40,277 people have one; it is 0.46 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 50,215 people have one; it is 0.95 away.
Targets move as he improves.