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Nick Loik
3×3 · top 5.9% of 288,433 all-time · competing since February 2024 · 2024LOIK01
Nick Loik has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.39, set at Arkansas Championship 2026, puts him in the top 5.9% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,297th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since February 2024, he has put 279 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 72% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.25 in February 2024 to 9.39, a 42% improvement. Nick has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% 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 | 9.39 | 13.08 | top 5.9% | 3,297 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 2.48 | 4.59 | top 8.8% | 3,487 / 41,674 | |
| 4×4 | 43.47 | 49.36 | top 16.4% | 2,524 / 19,354 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.12 | 12.49 | top 20.9% | 5,717 / 29,168 | |
| 5×5 | 1:29.29 | 1:37.64 | top 26.8% | 2,115 / 9,537 | |
| Skewb | 6.38 | 14.78 | top 28.8% | 4,790 / 19,164 | |
| Clock | 12.70 | 15.85 | top 38.3% | 3,107 / 9,172 | |
| Square-1 | 24.57 | 32.79 | top 38.3% | 2,523 / 6,846 | |
| 6×6 | 3:11.15 | 3:18.64 | top 46.4% | 1,754 / 4,262 | |
| 7×7 | 4:54.72 | 5:11.05 | top 49.2% | 1,453 / 3,236 | |
| Megaminx | 3:01.03 | — | early days — 2 solves | 5,970 / 8,026 |
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
- 20 Mar 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.39 at Arkansas Championship 2026.
- 20 Mar 2026Seven personal bests in one day at Arkansas Championship 2026.
- 13 Sep 2025Six personal bests in one day at Kansas Air Capital Cubing 2025.
- 29 Mar 2025Three personal bests in one day at Arkansas Championship 2025.
- 9 Nov 2024First sub-15 3×3: 14.07 at Arkansolve Fall 2024.
- 9 Nov 2024Three personal bests in one day at Arkansolve Fall 2024.
Competitions
- Arkansas Cube Day 2026 · 12 Sep 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Arkansas Championship 2026 · 20 Mar 2026 — 7 personal bests set
- Kansas Air Capital Cubing 2025 · 13 Sep 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- Cubing in Cave Springs Arkansas 2025 · 24 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Arkansas Championship 2025 · 29 Mar 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Arkansolve Fall 2024 · 9 Nov 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- TN Speedsolving Winter 2024 · 10 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Titus Sutterfield — met in 50 rounds, finished ahead once
- Justus Danielsen — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead once
- Max Lessel — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.39 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.48 away.
Targets move as he improves.