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Nick Maples

3×3 · top 43.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2015 · 2015MAPL01

Nick Maples has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 21.21, set at Athens Summer Omega 2016, puts him in the top 43.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 24,825th in the United States. Across 5 competitions since July 2015, he has put 79 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 41.43 in July 2015 to 21.21, a 49% improvement. Nick has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 43.3% of 284,439 all-time
21.21
signature single · Athens Summer Omega 2016
79
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×321.2125.05
top 43.3%24,825 / 59,724
Skewb8.5021.64
top 45.0%7,930 / 18,907
2×25.608.48
top 46.5%18,821 / 40,951
Pyraminx12.8914.25
top 72.3%21,423 / 28,708
4×41:44.161:53.46
top 73.3%13,278 / 19,072

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

US Nationals 2015: 41.43Alpharetta Open 2016: 42.10Athens Summer Omega 2016: 21.21Spontaneous Summer 2016: 27.97Classic City Shenanigans 2017: 23.0521.2142.1031 Jul 201525 Mar 2017

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-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 1.21 away.
  • A sub-8 Skewb single — 30,246 people have one; it is 0.50 away.

Targets move as he improves.