People · United States
Nick Penafiel
3×3 · top 2.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2015 · 2015PENA05
Nick Penafiel has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.76, set at Slow N Steady Summer 2019, puts him in the top 2.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,390th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since September 2015, he has put 393 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 51% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 30.43 in September 2015 to 7.76, a 74% improvement. Nick has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% 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 | 7.76 | 9.74 | top 2.4% | 1,390 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.12 | 3.24 | top 5.6% | 2,232 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.51 | 5.63 | top 10.3% | 2,681 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.62 | 22.11 | top 11.7% | 1,522 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 40.68 | 47.64 | top 12.9% | 1,911 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 1:18.83 | 1:29.37 | top 18.2% | 1,403 / 9,401 | |
| Megaminx | 1:52.35 | 2:08.47 | top 41.7% | 3,028 / 7,841 | |
| Skewb | 8.44 | 11.89 | top 44.6% | 7,846 / 18,907 | |
| 7×7 | 5:11.80 | 5:17.52 | top 54.4% | 1,598 / 3,184 |
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
- 14 Sep 2019Four personal bests in one day at Slow N Steady Summer 2019.
- 27 Jul 2019Three personal bests in one day at Rally in the Valley 2019.
- 7 Oct 2017Four personal bests in one day at Maryland 2017.
- 18 Feb 2017First sub-10 3×3: 9.30 at Virginia Open Winter 2017.
- 18 Feb 2017Three personal bests in one day at Virginia Open Winter 2017.
- 19 Nov 2016Three personal bests in one day at TJHSST Fall 2016.
Competitions
- Cougar Qualifier 2023 · 29 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Potomac Spring 2023 · 1 Apr 2023
- TJHSST Fall 2019 · 9 Nov 2019
- Slow N Steady Summer 2019 · 14 Sep 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2019 · 1 Aug 2019
- Rally in the Valley 2019 · 27 Jul 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Maryland 2017 · 7 Oct 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady Summer 2017 · 1 Jul 2017
- NovaCube 2017 · 29 Apr 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Virginia Open Winter 2017 · 18 Feb 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- TJHSST Fall 2016 · 19 Nov 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady Fall 2016 · 24 Sep 2016 — 4 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady Spring 2016 · 18 Jun 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Virginia Open Spring 2016 · 2 Apr 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- River Hill Fall 2015 · 21 Nov 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Slow n Steady Fall 2015 · 26 Sep 2015
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.
- Will Callan — met in 79 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Corey Sakowski — met in 75 rounds, finished ahead 26 times
- Tommy Szeliga — met in 62 rounds, finished ahead 21 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.76 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.12 away.
Targets move as he improves.