People · United States
Nicholas Ta
3×3 · top 8.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2018 · 2018TANI01
Nicholas Ta has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.25, set at Happy Valley Fall PA 2024, puts him in the top 8.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,514th in the United States. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since June 2018, he has put 174 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 62% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.05 in June 2018 to 10.25, a 46% improvement. Nicholas has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% 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 | 10.25 | 11.33 | top 8.2% | 4,514 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 40.64 | 45.28 | top 12.9% | 1,903 / 19,072 | |
| Skewb | 6.00 | 7.13 | top 25.7% | 4,184 / 18,907 | |
| 2×2 | 3.95 | 5.28 | top 25.9% | 10,161 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.18 | 27.22 | top 29.2% | 3,784 / 15,683 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.00 | 11.36 | top 44.8% | 12,893 / 28,708 | |
| Megaminx | 2:57.42 | — | early days — 2 solves | 5,706 / 7,841 | |
| Square-1 | 48.97 | — | early days — 2 solves | 4,960 / 6,743 | |
| 5×5 | 3:29.38 | — | early days — 1 solve | 8,019 / 9,401 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 8:16.53 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,997 / 2,092 |
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
- 1 Dec 2024Three personal bests in one day at Happy Valley Fall PA 2024.
- 29 Feb 2020Three personal bests in one day at Babylon Winter 2020.
- 22 Jun 2019First sub-15 3×3: 13.15 at Northern Virginia Summer 2019.
- 22 Jun 2019Five personal bests in one day at Northern Virginia Summer 2019.
- 2 Jun 2018First competition: CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2018. A 19.05 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Happy Valley Fall PA 2024 · 1 Dec 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Babylon Winter 2020 · 29 Feb 2020 — 3 personal bests set
- SBU Fall 2019 · 23 Nov 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Northern Virginia Summer 2019 · 22 Jun 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Connect Community 2018 · 8 Sep 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2018 · 2 Jun 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.
- Parker Trager — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Owen Brooks — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead once
- Samuel Fang — met in 18 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.25 away.
- A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 0.64 away.
Targets move as he improves.