People · Australia
Nicholas Tan
Pyraminx · top 5.4% of 129,321 all-time · competing since May 2017 · 2017TANN04
Nicholas Tan has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.48, set at Koalafication Melbourne 2019, puts him in the top 5.4% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 241st in Australia. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since May 2017, he has put 270 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 58% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 34.86 in May 2017 to 16.55, a 53% improvement. Nicholas has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.48 | 7.01 | top 5.4% | 241 / 5,993 | |
| Skewb | 5.91 | 9.12 | top 25.1% | 667 / 3,534 | |
| 3×3 | 16.55 | 20.33 | top 29.6% | 2,765 / 11,709 | |
| 2×2 | 5.39 | 6.51 | top 44.1% | 3,466 / 8,567 | |
| Square-1 | 31.50 | 42.80 | top 52.2% | 515 / 899 | |
| Clock | 18.27 | 29.64 | top 59.6% | 615 / 1,095 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 36.80 | 1:11.01 | top 60.4% | 1,437 / 2,659 |
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
- 18 May 2019First sub-20 3×3: 19.60 at Koalafication Melbourne 2019.
- 18 May 2019Three personal bests in one day at Koalafication Melbourne 2019.
- 23 Sep 2017First sub-30 3×3: 25.18 at Australian Nationals 2017.
- 7 May 2017First competition: Cube for Cambodia 2017. A 34.86 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Melbourne Summer 2020 · 25 Jan 2020 — 1 personal best set
- Puzzling Pakenham 2019 · 26 Oct 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Altona Algorithms 2019 · 5 Oct 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- WCA World Championship 2019 · 11 Jul 2019
- Koalafication Melbourne 2019 · 18 May 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Melbourne Mental Mania 2019 · 2 Mar 2019
- Melbourne Summer 2019 · 26 Jan 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Melbourne Cube Days 2018 · 8 Dec 2018 — 1 personal best set
- St Kevin's College Spring 2018 · 27 Oct 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Melbourne Winter 2018 · 2 Jun 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Cube for Cambodia 2018 · 6 May 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Melbourne Cube Days 2017 · 18 Nov 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Australian Nationals 2017 · 23 Sep 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Cube for Cambodia 2017 · 7 May 2017
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.
- Riley Dexter — met in 66 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Tommy Kiprillis — met in 66 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Emmet Hobbs — met in 63 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.48 away.
- A sub-5 Skewb single — 13,285 people have one; it is 0.91 away.
Targets move as he improves.