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Nicholas Trofimov

2×2 · top 0.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2019 · 2019TROF04

Nicholas Trofimov has been competing for 7 years. Their best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.15, set at No Clocks in Greenpoint 2026, puts them in the top 0.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 381st in the United States. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 38 competitions since October 2019, they have put 983 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, their 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 72% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Their 3×3 best has come down from 24.55 in October 2019 to 10.05, a 59% improvement. Nicholas has entered 38 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.9% of 186,767 all-time
1.15
signature single · No Clocks in Greenpoint 2026
983
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 72% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×21.153.48
top 0.9%381 / 40,951
Pyraminx3.084.05
top 3.9%1,043 / 28,708
Clock5.248.14
top 5.1%402 / 8,927
Skewb3.186.17
top 5.9%910 / 18,907
3×310.0512.29
top 7.6%4,175 / 59,724
Square-112.4521.74
top 10.8%754 / 6,743
4×443.7748.88
top 16.7%2,536 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed20.7225.00
top 22.5%2,886 / 15,683
Megaminx1:26.431:30.06
top 25.8%1,783 / 7,841
5×51:33.811:48.20
top 30.5%2,416 / 9,401
3×3 Fewest Moves41 moves42.00
top 51.8%1,101 / 2,040
6×63:33.823:51.47
top 56.2%2,126 / 4,196
7×75:29.705:50.12
top 59.6%1,791 / 3,184
3×3 blindfolded7:23.27—
early days — 1 solve1,940 / 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

Brooklyn Fall 2019: 24.55Cubes on the Bayside Summer 2024: 15.53Westport Summer 2024: 14.80Flushing Open AM 2024: 13.11Flushing Glow AM 2024: 13.39Kisco Cubing 2025: 14.57Flushing Glow Open PM 2025: 13.77PBs in Palisades Winter 2025: 12.69Liberty Science Center Open B 2025: 13.07NYU Spring 2025: 12.35Worlds Prep in Palisades 2025: 14.14Long Island Summer 2025: 13.03Fort Lee Summer 2025: 10.86Westport Fall 2025: 11.37Flushing Glow Autumn PM 2025: 14.11Brooklyn Waldorf Winter 2025: 13.24Fort Lee Winter 2026: 12.36PBs in Palisades Open 2026: 12.98Liberty Science Center Open A 2026: 11.73Lodi Solves Spring 2026: 10.77NYU Spring 2026: 11.99No Clocks in Greenpoint 2026: 12.23NAC Prep in Palisades 2026: 14.83Mid-Atlantic Warm-Up 2026: 10.05Catskills Summer 2026: 10.3110.0524.5512 Oct 201929 Aug 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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 their.

Next targets

  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.15 away.
  • A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.08 away.

Targets move as they improves.