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Nick Stenzel

3×3 · top 40.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2017 · 2017STEN06

Nick Stenzel has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 20.20, set at Swoop in and Solve Oxford 2024, puts him in the top 40.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 23,032nd in the United States. Across 8 competitions since October 2017, he has put 96 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 5 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 34.69 in October 2017 to 20.20, a 42% improvement. Nick has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 40.5% of 284,439 all-time
20.20
signature single · Swoop in and Solve Oxford 2024
96
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×320.2022.14
top 40.5%23,032 / 59,724
Pyraminx8.6912.29
top 42.2%12,101 / 28,708
2×27.238.94
top 62.3%25,617 / 40,951
4×41:28.93
early days — 2 solves10,981 / 19,072
Skewb14.9117.56
top 78.0%14,894 / 18,907

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

Michigan Cubing Club Delta 2017: 34.69Shaker Fall 2017: 31.65Wildcat Holiday 2017: 25.24Husky Showdown 2018: 31.10Shaker Spring 2018: 26.54Flag City Spring 2018: 24.01Holy Toledo Summer 2018: 35.58Swoop in and Solve Oxford 2024: 20.2020.2035.5814 Oct 20173 Nov 2024

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 0.20 away.
  • A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 46,752 people have one; it is 0.69 away.

Targets move as he improves.