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Nick Horne

3×3 · top 9.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2012 · 2012HORN01

Nick Horne has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.65, set at Nottingham Open 2013, puts him in the top 9.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 683rd in the United Kingdom. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since July 2012, he has put 70 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 93% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.00 in July 2012 to 10.65, an 18% improvement. Nick has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 9.4% of 284,439 all-time
10.65
signature single · Nottingham Open 2013
70
official solves on the record
10%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 93% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited Kingdom
3×310.6512.68
top 9.4%683 / 6,689
3×3 one-handed23.7534.71
top 30.8%561 / 1,851

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

Weston-super-Mare 2012: 13.00UK Open 2012: 13.27Nottingham Open 2013: 10.65Welwyn Garden City Open 2014: 11.9110.6513.2714 Jul 20125 Apr 2014

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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.65 away.
  • A sub-20 3×3 one-handed single — 15,081 people have one; it is 3.75 away.

Targets move as he improves.