People · United States
Nick Karis
3×3 · top 57.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2011 · 2011KARI04
Nick Karis has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 27.21, set at Carnegie Mellon Spring 2013, puts him in the top 57.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 33,851st in the United States. Across 8 competitions since September 2011, he has put 94 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:10.02 in September 2011 to 27.21, a 61% improvement. Nick has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 27.21 | 31.90 | top 57.3% | 33,851 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 12.65 | 18.73 | top 71.0% | 21,035 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 12.29 | 18.22 | top 85.2% | 35,383 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 2:52.28 | 3:44.68 | top 99.4% | 15,622 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 11 May 2013First sub-30 3×3: 27.21 at Carnegie Mellon Spring 2013.
- 14 Apr 2012First sub-60 3×3: 46.43 at Carnegie Mellon Spring 2012.
- 14 Apr 2012Four personal bests in one day at Carnegie Mellon Spring 2012.
- 17 Sep 2011First competition: Appalachia 2011. A 1:10.02 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Great Lakes Cubing Competition 2015 · 18 Jul 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Carnegie Mellon Fall 2014 · 11 Oct 2014
- Carnegie Mellon Fall 2013 · 23 Nov 2013 — 1 personal best set
- Carnegie Mellon Spring 2013 · 11 May 2013 — 1 personal best set
- Carnegie Mellon Fall 2012 · 8 Dec 2012 — 2 personal bests set
- Battle of Appalachia 2012 · 15 Sep 2012
- Carnegie Mellon Spring 2012 · 14 Apr 2012 — 4 personal bests set
- Appalachia 2011 · 17 Sep 2011
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.
- Vincent Pistelli — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead once
- Corey Sakowski — met in 21 rounds, never finished ahead
- Tolik Borisov — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 2.21 away.
- A sub-12 Pyraminx single — 86,891 people have one; it is 0.65 away.
Targets move as he improves.