People · United States
Nicholas Yates
Pyraminx · top 32.7% of 130,891 all-time · competing since April 2018 · 2018YATE03
Nicholas Yates has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 7.57, set at Bowling Green Fall 2026, puts him in the top 32.7% of the 130,891 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9,309th in the United States. Across 6 competitions since April 2018, he has put 88 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 56% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 33.62 in April 2018 to 18.28, a 46% improvement. Nicholas has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 7.57 | 12.00 | top 32.7% | 9,309 / 29,168 | |
| 3×3 | 18.28 | 24.20 | top 35.0% | 19,849 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 10.05 | 11.86 | top 78.1% | 32,873 / 41,674 |
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
- 16 Jun 2024First sub-30 3×3: 19.44 at Gem City Donut DNF 2024.
- 16 Jun 2024First sub-20 3×3: 19.44 at Gem City Donut DNF 2024.
- 29 Apr 2018First competition: Flag City Spring 2018. A 33.62 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Bowling Green Fall 2026 · 3 Oct 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Algorithms in Archbold 2026 · 11 Apr 2026
- Bowling Green Spring 2026 · 28 Mar 2026
- Imagination Station B 2025 · 5 Jan 2025
- Gem City Donut DNF 2024 · 16 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Flag City Spring 2018 · 29 Apr 2018
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.
- Gideon Banfield — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
- Emmett Eckert — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Luke Garrett — met in 13 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 26,233 people have one; it is 1.57 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 70,740 people have one; it is 3.28 away.
Targets move as he improves.