People · United States
Nicholas Tran
3×3 · top 1.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2017 · 2017TRAN13
Nicholas Tran has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.76, set at Cubing with the Viking 2020, puts him in the top 1.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 680th in the United States. Until January 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since May 2017, he has put 177 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 81% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.74 in May 2017 to 6.76, a 42% improvement. Nicholas has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% 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 | 6.76 | 8.53 | top 1.1% | 680 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.04 | 3.78 | top 5.0% | 2,003 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 38.42 | 43.61 | top 10.2% | 1,524 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 1:39.78 | 1:46.62 | top 35.2% | 2,798 / 9,401 |
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 Oct 2017First sub-10 3×3: 8.78 at WPI Fall Cube Fest 2017.
- 1 Oct 2017Four personal bests in one day at WPI Fall Cube Fest 2017.
- 27 May 2017First competition: Quabbin Spring 2017. A 12.56 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cubing with the Viking 2020 · 22 Feb 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- Massachusetts Championship 2019 · 26 Jul 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Salem Cube Trials 2019 · 2 Feb 2019
- MIT Fall 2018 · 6 Oct 2018
- WPI Winter Cube Day 2018 · 18 Mar 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing with the Viking 2017 · 10 Dec 2017
- WPI Fall Cube Fest 2017 · 1 Oct 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Lexington Summer 2017 · 1 Jul 2017
- Quabbin Spring 2017 · 27 May 2017 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Will Russo — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
- Daniel Gutierrez — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead once
- Derek White — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.76 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.04 away.
Targets move as he improves.