People · United States
Nicholas Tobon
3×3 · top 6.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2022 · 2022TOBO02
Nicholas Tobon has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.48, set at American Dream NJ 2025, puts him in the top 6.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,354th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since September 2022, he has put 227 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 65% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.07 in September 2022 to 9.48, a 50% improvement. Nicholas has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% 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 | 9.48 | 12.66 | top 6.1% | 3,354 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.91 | 3.91 | top 13.2% | 5,203 / 40,951 | |
| Skewb | 4.60 | 9.48 | top 15.2% | 2,389 / 18,907 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.27 | 8.92 | top 22.0% | 5,902 / 28,708 | |
| 4×4 | 1:03.63 | 1:13.42 | top 40.3% | 6,563 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 37.78 | 41.90 | top 62.0% | 8,747 / 15,683 | |
| Clock | 28.00 | — | early days — 2 solves | 7,247 / 8,927 |
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 May 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.48 at American Dream NJ 2025.
- 4 May 2025Three personal bests in one day at American Dream NJ 2025.
- 15 Apr 2023Three personal bests in one day at PBs in Palisades 2023.
- 4 Feb 2023First sub-15 3×3: 12.19 at Empire State Winter Warmup 2023.
- 4 Feb 2023Three personal bests in one day at Empire State Winter Warmup 2023.
- 24 Sep 2022First competition: Princeton Fall 2022. A 19.07 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- American Dream NJ 2025 · 4 May 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Liberty Science Center Open B 2025 · 16 Mar 2025
- Cubing-on-Hudson AM 2024 · 17 Nov 2024
- Spring into Summit 2024 · 4 May 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- GCU Winter 2024 · 13 Jan 2024
- Hudson Valley 2023 · 19 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Newark's On Track 2023 · 26 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- GCU Spring 2023 · 6 May 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- PBs in Palisades 2023 · 15 Apr 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- NJIT Spring 2023 · 18 Mar 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Empire State Winter Warmup 2023 · 4 Feb 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Empire State Fall 2022 · 5 Nov 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Princeton Fall 2022 · 24 Sep 2022
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.
- Ishan Donavalli — met in 41 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Ryan Hughes — met in 41 rounds, finished ahead once
- Aaron Jake Wong — met in 39 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.48 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.91 away.
Targets move as he improves.