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Nick Young

3×3 · top 13.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2006 · 2006YOUN03

Nick Young has been competing for 20 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.94, set at Berkeley Spring 2013, puts him in the top 13.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7,343rd in the United States. Across 35 competitions since November 2006, he has put 830 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% 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 28.72 in November 2006 to 11.94, a 58% improvement. Nick has entered 35 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 13.7% of 284,439 all-time
11.94
signature single · Berkeley Spring 2013
830
official solves on the record
10%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 93% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×311.9414.33
top 13.7%7,343 / 59,724
Square-116.1521.25
top 19.0%1,283 / 6,743
3×3 blindfolded1:50.582:28.19
top 30.2%625 / 2,092
4×455.181:02.30
top 30.9%4,881 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed25.6329.49
top 35.9%4,737 / 15,683
5×51:40.741:53.10
top 35.9%2,855 / 9,401
Clock12.2313.36
top 36.1%2,856 / 8,927
Megaminx2:26.112:33.65
top 59.4%4,461 / 7,841
2×27.869.03
top 66.9%27,644 / 40,951
3×3 Multi-Blind1 of 2 cubes · 8:27—
top 91.9%681 / 731

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

UC Berkeley Fall competition 2006: 28.72Caltech Winter competition 2007: 20.40Berkeley Fall competition 2007: 18.22EPGY California Open 2008: 18.33Berkeley Spring competition 2008: 15.81UCSD Summer competition 2008: 15.30US Nationals and Open 2008: 15.40Berkeley Fall 2008: 17.66San Francisco Open 2009: 16.84Berkeley Spring competition 2009: 14.15Discovery Science Center competition 2009: 15.66Berkeley Summer competition 2009: 17.58US Nationals 2009: 16.93Berkeley Fall competition 2009: 13.94Stanford Fall competition 2009: 14.75Berkeley Winter 2010: 14.80EPGY Stanford Winter 2010: 13.91Berkeley Spring 2010: 13.84Stanford Spring 2010: 15.30Berkeley Summer 2010: 13.38United States Rubik's Cube Championships 2010: 16.09Berkeley Fall 2010: 14.66Berkeley Winter 2011: 14.65Vidar Open 2011: 15.09Berkeley Summer 2011: 12.44United States National Championships 2011: 14.21Stanford Fall 2011: 14.30Berkeley Fall 2011: 14.43EPGY Stanford Winter 2012: 13.43Stanford Spring 2012: 15.28United States National Championships 2012: 15.32Berkeley Autumn 2012: 13.80Berkeley Spring 2013: 11.94World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013: 14.24Bay Area Speedcubin' 8 2016: 13.5811.9428.7218 Nov 20063 Jan 2016

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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.94 away.
  • A sub-15 Square-1 single — 4,160 people have one; it is 1.15 away.

Targets move as he improves.