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Nickolas Brisson
3×3 · top 7.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2019 · 2019BRIS01
Nickolas Brisson has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.83, set at Saint John's Spring 2022, puts him in the top 7.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,835th in the United States. Until October 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since January 2019, he has put 107 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.56 in January 2019 to 9.83, a 56% improvement. Nickolas has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% 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 | 9.83 | 12.04 | top 7.0% | 3,835 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.45 | 3.02 | top 8.4% | 3,319 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.33 | 8.24 | top 22.5% | 6,058 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.88 | 26.35 | top 25.7% | 3,313 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 53.54 | 56.95 | top 29.0% | 4,518 / 19,072 | |
| Megaminx | 1:44.14 | 1:57.23 | top 37.1% | 2,668 / 7,841 | |
| 5×5 | 2:00.77 | — | early days — 2 solves | 4,170 / 9,401 | |
| Skewb | 11.14 | 14.86 | top 61.6% | 11,362 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 9 Apr 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.83 at Saint John's Spring 2022.
- 9 Apr 2022Five personal bests in one day at Saint John's Spring 2022.
- 22 Feb 2020First sub-15 3×3: 12.44 at Cubing with the Viking 2020.
- 20 Jul 2019First sub-20 3×3: 15.11 at Greensboro Summer 2019.
- 20 Jul 2019Three personal bests in one day at Greensboro Summer 2019.
- 12 Jan 2019First competition: Boston University Winter 2019. A 22.56 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Saint John's Spring 2022 · 9 Apr 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Cubing with the Viking 2020 · 22 Feb 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- Greensboro Summer 2019 · 20 Jul 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Boston University Winter 2019 · 12 Jan 2019
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.
- Aedan Bryant — met in 18 rounds, never finished ahead
- Derek White — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead once
- Ryan Waite — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.83 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.45 away.
Targets move as he improves.