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Nicky Sim

2×2 · top 0.82% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2022 · 2022SIMN02

Nicky Sim has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.12, set at Rubik's UK Championship 2023, puts him in the top 0.82% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 68th in the United Kingdom. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 21 competitions since August 2022, he has put 1,323 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 80% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.12 in August 2022 to 7.70, a 41% improvement. Nicky has entered 21 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.82% of 186,767 all-time
1.12
signature single · Rubik's UK Championship 2023
1,323
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 80% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited Kingdom
2×21.121.62
top 0.82%68 / 4,895
Pyraminx2.094.56
top 1.3%56 / 3,656
Clock3.654.74
top 1.7%28 / 1,232
3×37.709.05
top 2.3%183 / 6,689
4×432.0237.74
top 4.2%107 / 2,071
Skewb3.105.27
top 5.5%124 / 2,421
3×3 one-handed13.8416.78
top 5.8%115 / 1,851
Square-110.8016.52
top 7.5%78 / 778
Megaminx58.551:09.56
top 9.2%119 / 966
5×51:07.801:14.62
top 10.1%132 / 1,151
3×3 Fewest Moves29 moves35.00
top 12.2%55 / 372
6×62:07.902:19.07
top 14.4%87 / 548
7×73:56.264:02.33
top 29.3%140 / 459
3×3 blindfolded3:37.94—
early days — 2 solves228 / 311

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

Carlisle Summer 2022: 13.12East London Autumn 2022: 11.98Glasgow Winter 2023: 9.10Edinburgh Spring 2023: 8.12Glasgow Spring 2023: 7.88Edinburgh Summer 2023: 8.24Glasgow Autumn 2023: 7.70Wakefield Autumn 2023: 8.71Rubik's UK Championship 2023: 10.07Edinburgh Winter 2024: 8.56Glasgow Spring 2024: 8.56Edinburgh Summer Open 2024: 8.77Rubik's UK Championship 2024: 8.57Edinburgh Winter 2025: 8.61Kewbz Scottish Championship 2025: 7.94Farewell Strathclyde University 2026: 9.067.7013.1213 Aug 202227 Jun 2026

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 0.12 away.
  • A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.09 away.

Targets move as he improves.