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Nick Jackson

3×3 · top 7.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2012 · 2012JACK02

Nick Jackson has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.02, set at CubingUSA Nationals 2017, puts him in the top 7.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,131st in the United States. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since November 2012, he has put 131 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 52% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.19 in November 2012 to 10.02, a 24% improvement. Nick has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 7.5% of 284,439 all-time
10.02
signature single · CubingUSA Nationals 2017
131
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 52% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×310.0211.80
top 7.5%4,131 / 59,724
4×445.9649.62
top 19.5%2,963 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed21.4929.38
top 24.5%3,167 / 15,683
2×24.725.25
top 35.8%14,283 / 40,951

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

Indiana 2012: 13.19World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013: 15.59Indiana 2014: 12.03Mishawaka Fall 2014: 12.90Michigan 2015: 12.36Indiana 2016: 12.63Mishawaka Winter 2017: 11.83CubingUSA Nationals 2017: 10.02Indianapolis Cubes 2019: 10.3410.0215.593 Nov 201216 Mar 2019

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

  • 3 Nov 2012First competition: Indiana 2012. A 13.19 3×3 single to start from.

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 0.02 away.
  • A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 5.96 away.

Targets move as he improves.