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Nick Heilgeist

2×2 · top 14.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2009 · 2009HEIL02

Nick Heilgeist has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.06, set at Vancouver Open 2010, puts him in the top 14.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,862nd in the United States. Across 3 competitions since September 2009, he has put 46 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.59 in September 2009 to 18.61, a 14% improvement. Nick has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 14.9% of 186,767 all-time
3.06
signature single · Vancouver Open 2010
46
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×23.066.01
top 14.9%5,862 / 40,951
3×318.6120.80
top 36.0%20,183 / 59,724
4×42:02.09
early days — 1 solve15,420 / 19,072
Pyraminx16.9121.14
top 87.5%25,775 / 28,708

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

Vancouver Open 2009: 21.59Berkeley Winter 2010: 24.69Vancouver Open 2010: 18.6118.6124.6912 Sep 20093 Jul 2010

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-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.06 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 3.61 away.

Targets move as he improves.