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Nick Stanton

2×2 · top 1.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since June 2011 · 2011STAN02

Nick Stanton has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.36, set at Newport Cube Day 2014, puts him in the top 1.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 633rd in the United States. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 28 competitions since June 2011, he has put 1,337 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 87% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.34 in June 2011 to 7.40, a 55% improvement. Nick has entered 28 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 1.6% of 186,767 all-time
1.36
signature single · Newport Cube Day 2014
1,337
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 87% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×21.362.48
top 1.6%633 / 40,951
3×37.408.85
top 1.8%1,103 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed11.9914.60
top 3.0%463 / 15,683
4×433.3739.54
top 5.3%812 / 19,072
Pyraminx3.919.09
top 7.2%1,849 / 28,708
5×51:10.011:16.12
top 11.6%899 / 9,401
3×3 Fewest Moves30 moves33.00
top 14.8%327 / 2,040
Skewb4.745.67
top 16.2%2,557 / 18,907
6×62:31.792:36.90
top 26.5%933 / 4,196
7×73:59.754:05.97
top 30.6%854 / 3,184
Megaminx1:40.341:51.54
top 34.8%2,478 / 7,841
Clock32.44—
early days — 3 solves7,758 / 8,927

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

Arizona Open 2011: 16.34Arizona Showdown 2011: 11.21Caltech Fall Open 2012: 10.09Arizona Winter 2012: 10.06Caltech Winter Open 2013: 9.33Caltech Spring Open 2013: 9.19World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013: 8.56Southwest Showdown 2013: 8.65Caltech Fall Open 2013: 9.30Caltech Winter Open 2014: 8.47Caltech Spring Open 2014: 8.61Newport Cube Day 2014: 8.41US Nationals 2014: 8.14Caltech Fall Open 2014: 8.69Newport Winter Open 2014: 9.92Caltech Winter Open 2015: 8.32SoCal Supercomp 2015: 7.40US Nationals 2015: 9.21Nisei Week 2015: 7.62AZCubing Fall 2015: 8.06Caltech Fall 2015: 7.79Caltech Winter 2016: 8.34AZCubing Winter 2016: 8.67Newport Spring 2016: 8.59US Nationals 2016: 8.35Nisei Week 2016: 8.36Caltech Winter 2017: 7.62Nisei Week 2017: 7.417.4016.344 Jun 201119 Aug 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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.36 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.40 away.

Targets move as he improves.