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Nicholas Van Daele

3×3 · top 22.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2015 · 2015DAEL01

Nicholas Van Daele has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.40, set at Nisei Week 2015, puts him in the top 22.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 12,092nd in the United States. Across 3 competitions since January 2015, he has put 15 official solves on the record across one event. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.59 in January 2015 to 14.40, a 33% improvement. Nicholas has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 22.4% of 284,439 all-time
14.40
signature single · Nisei Week 2015
15
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×314.4016.69
top 22.4%12,092 / 59,724

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

Nub Open 2015: 21.59Nisei Week 2015: 14.40TFTI San Diego 2016: 14.5714.4021.5917 Jan 201529 May 2016

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 his.

Next targets

  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.40 away.

Targets move as he improves.