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Nick Buckman

3×3 · top 25.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2017 · 2017BUCK03

Nick Buckman has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 15.41, set at Bulldog Cubing 2017, puts him in the top 25.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 14,051st in the United States. Across 2 competitions since July 2017, he has put 34 official solves on the record across five events. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.90 in July 2017 to 15.41, a 36% improvement. Nick has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 25.8% of 284,439 all-time
15.41
signature single · Bulldog Cubing 2017
34
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×315.4119.70
top 25.8%14,051 / 59,724
2×25.157.21
top 41.2%16,553 / 40,951
Square-133.6346.29
top 56.2%3,713 / 6,743
Pyraminx12.8513.95
top 72.1%21,350 / 28,708
3×3 one-handed46.4148.51
top 73.1%10,576 / 15,683

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

Hillcrest Cubing 2017: 23.90Bulldog Cubing 2017: 15.4115.4123.901 Jul 20179 Sep 2017

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 0.41 away.
  • A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.15 away.

Targets move as he improves.