People · United Kingdom
Nick Ross
2×2 · top 3.7% of 189,179 all-time · competing since October 2013 · 2013ROSS02
Nick Ross has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.82, set at Welwyn Garden City 2015, puts him in the top 3.7% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 269th in the United Kingdom. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since October 2013, he has put 269 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 50% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 32.72 in October 2013 to 17.04, a 48% improvement. Nick has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.82 | 8.73 | top 3.7% | 269 / 4,946 | |
| 3×3 | 17.04 | 18.23 | top 31.2% | 2,103 / 6,785 | |
| 4×4 | 1:11.81 | 1:22.94 | top 48.7% | 1,063 / 2,112 | |
| 5×5 | 2:17.71 | 2:33.38 | top 59.9% | 745 / 1,167 | |
| Skewb | 10.95 | 14.79 | top 60.6% | 1,464 / 2,439 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 41.77 | 55.20 | top 67.8% | 1,176 / 1,861 | |
| Pyraminx | 13.10 | 17.56 | top 73.5% | 2,908 / 3,704 | |
| Clock | 26.91 | — | top 80.1% | 1,021 / 1,255 | |
| 6×6 | 5:30.12 | — | early days — 3 solves | 519 / 560 | |
| 7×7 | 7:53.28 | — | top 87.7% | 426 / 463 | |
| Megaminx | 5:37.98 | — | early days — 2 solves | 997 / 998 |
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
- 23 May 2015Four personal bests in one day at Welwyn Garden City 2015.
- 23 Aug 2014First sub-20 3×3: 18.93 at ABHC 2014.
- 23 Aug 2014Six personal bests in one day at ABHC 2014.
- 5 Apr 2014Three personal bests in one day at Welwyn Garden City Open 2014.
- 22 Feb 2014Four personal bests in one day at Nottingham Open 2014.
- 16 Nov 2013First sub-30 3×3: 25.34 at UK Rubik's Cube Championship 2013.
Competitions
- UK Rubik's Cube Championship 2015 · 7 Nov 2015
- Cuthberts Open 2015 · 26 Sep 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- August Bank Holiday Competition 2015 · 29 Aug 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Welwyn Garden City 2015 · 23 May 2015 — 4 personal bests set
- UK Rubik's Cube Championship 2014 · 1 Nov 2014
- Cuthberts Open 2014 · 11 Oct 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- ABHC 2014 · 23 Aug 2014 — 6 personal bests set
- Oxford Open 2014 · 17 May 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- Welwyn Garden City Open 2014 · 5 Apr 2014 — 3 personal bests set
- Nottingham Open 2014 · 22 Feb 2014 — 4 personal bests set
- UK Rubik's Cube Championship 2013 · 16 Nov 2013 — 1 personal best set
- Cuthberts Open 2013 · 5 Oct 2013
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.
- James Molloy — met in 70 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Daniel Sheppard — met in 68 rounds, never finished ahead
- Billy Jeffs — met in 67 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.82 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 70,740 people have one; it is 2.04 away.
Targets move as he improves.