People · United States
Nicholas Zayd
2×2 · top 7.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2023 · 2023ZAYD01
Nicholas Zayd has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.37, set at Nebraska Championship 2024, puts him in the top 7.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,031st in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since January 2023, he has put 356 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 65% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.47 in January 2023 to 14.37, a 13% improvement. Nicholas has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.37 | 5.12 | top 7.7% | 3,031 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 14.37 | 17.11 | top 22.3% | 12,029 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.40 | 12.52 | top 23.0% | 6,226 / 28,708 | |
| Skewb | 6.51 | 9.30 | top 29.8% | 4,889 / 18,907 | |
| Square-1 | 27.07 | 37.57 | top 43.7% | 2,839 / 6,743 | |
| Clock | 15.13 | 15.98 | top 48.4% | 3,937 / 8,927 | |
| 4×4 | 1:17.19 | 1:34.68 | top 53.5% | 9,103 / 19,072 | |
| Megaminx | 2:24.25 | 2:43.87 | top 58.5% | 4,393 / 7,841 | |
| 5×5 | 2:47.32 | — | top 73.6% | 6,528 / 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
- 11 Apr 2025Three personal bests in one day at Nebraska Championship 2025.
- 1 Feb 2025Three personal bests in one day at KCKC 7 Big and Awkward 2025.
- 12 Apr 2024Five personal bests in one day at Nebraska Championship 2024.
- 3 Feb 2024Three personal bests in one day at CoMO Cubing Winter 2024.
- 9 Sep 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.37 at Battle at Fort Hays Kansas 2023.
- 9 Sep 2023Four personal bests in one day at Battle at Fort Hays Kansas 2023.
Competitions
- Nebraska Championship 2026 · 10 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Kansas City Side Events 2025 · 3 May 2025
- Nebraska Championship 2025 · 11 Apr 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- KCKC 7 Big and Awkward 2025 · 1 Feb 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Arkansolve Fall 2024 · 9 Nov 2024
- Nebraska Championship 2024 · 12 Apr 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- CoMO Cubing Winter 2024 · 3 Feb 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Battle at Fort Hays Kansas 2023 · 9 Sep 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Fountain City 2023 · 1 Jul 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Nebraska Heartland Warmup 2023 · 31 Mar 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Springfield Winter Open 2023 · 21 Jan 2023
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.
- Dan Smith — met in 53 rounds, finished ahead 30 times
- Chaeli Baker — met in 50 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Lydia Workman — met in 49 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.37 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.37 away.
Targets move as he improves.