People · Netherlands
Nick Nijssen
Megaminx · top 1.1% of 34,786 all-time · competing since January 2017 · 2017NIJS01
Nick Nijssen has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Megaminx: a personal-best single of 37.84, set at Dutch Nationals 2024, puts him in the top 1.1% of the 34,786 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6th in the Netherlands. Until November 2014, no official Megaminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since January 2017, he has put 566 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% 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 12.48 in September 2017 to 8.06, a 35% improvement. Nick has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Netherlands | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Megaminx | 37.84 | 41.20 | top 1.1% | 6 / 414 | |
| 3×3 | 8.06 | 9.26 | top 2.9% | 85 / 2,294 | |
| 4×4 | 35.11 | 42.07 | top 6.8% | 51 / 1,000 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 14.51 | 18.36 | top 7.1% | 47 / 726 | |
| Square-1 | 11.41 | 13.26 | top 8.7% | 30 / 407 | |
| 2×2 | 2.65 | 3.73 | top 10.4% | 221 / 1,665 | |
| 5×5 | 1:12.80 | 1:17.56 | top 13.7% | 64 / 532 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.01 | 9.83 | top 20.1% | 350 / 1,283 | |
| 6×6 | 2:29.49 | 2:38.68 | top 25.4% | 49 / 205 | |
| 7×7 | 3:46.43 | 3:51.32 | top 25.9% | 34 / 169 | |
| Skewb | 7.34 | 10.60 | top 36.3% | 381 / 957 | |
| Clock | 32.01 | — | early days — 1 solve | 398 / 466 |
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
- 21 Sep 2019Six personal bests in one day at Dutch Nationals 2019.
- 22 Mar 2019Three personal bests in one day at Cube Weekend Sint Michielsgestel 2019.
- 22 Sep 2018Nine personal bests in one day at Dutch Nationals 2018.
- 24 Mar 2018Eight personal bests in one day at Cube Weekend St. Michielsgestel 2018.
- 3 Mar 2018First sub-10 3×3: 9.36 at Assen Open 2018.
- 3 Mar 2018Eight personal bests in one day at Assen Open 2018.
Competitions
- Dutch Nationals 2024 · 15 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Dutch Nationals 2022 · 26 Nov 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Happy New Year Cubing Hoorn 2020 · 4 Jan 2020 — 1 personal best set
- Dutch Nationals 2019 · 21 Sep 2019 — 6 personal bests set
- Cube Weekend Sint Michielsgestel 2019 · 22 Mar 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Meppel Open 2018 · 10 Nov 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Dutch Nationals 2018 · 22 Sep 2018 — 9 personal bests set
- Cube Weekend St. Michielsgestel 2018 · 24 Mar 2018 — 8 personal bests set
- Assen Open 2018 · 3 Mar 2018 — 8 personal bests set
- Dutch Nationals 2017 · 23 Sep 2017
- Dutch Winter 2017 · 6 Jan 2017
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.
- Daniël Kassab — met in 118 rounds, finished ahead 52 times
- Olivier Vos — met in 116 rounds, finished ahead 26 times
- Tijmen van der Ree — met in 111 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
Next targets
- A sub-30 Megaminx single — 75 people have one; it is 7.84 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.06 away.
Targets move as he improves.