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Nico Applen
Pyraminx · top 27.2% of 130,891 all-time · competing since September 2023 · 2023APPL02
Nico Applen has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 6.91, set at Minnesota Championship 2025, puts him in the top 27.2% of the 130,891 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7,552nd in the United States. Across 5 competitions since September 2023, he has put 98 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 36.21 in September 2023 to 27.76, a 23% improvement. Nico has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 6.91 | 12.31 | top 27.2% | 7,552 / 29,168 | |
| Skewb | 7.37 | 9.76 | top 36.6% | 6,321 / 19,164 | |
| 3×3 | 27.76 | 29.41 | top 58.5% | 35,146 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 7.27 | 9.43 | top 62.6% | 26,196 / 41,674 |
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
- 29 Nov 2025Four personal bests in one day at Minnesota Championship 2025.
- 19 Oct 2024First sub-30 3×3: 29.70 at Cubetcha MN 2024.
- 18 Nov 2023Four personal bests in one day at SPAMtown II 2023.
- 23 Sep 2023First competition: Minnesota Cube Day 2023. A 36.21 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Minnesota Championship 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Solve La Crosse 2025 · 8 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubetcha MN 2024 · 19 Oct 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- SPAMtown II 2023 · 18 Nov 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Minnesota Cube Day 2023 · 23 Sep 2023
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.
- Lisa Kucala — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Nathan Rahn — met in 22 rounds, never finished ahead
- Andrew Tyberg — met in 21 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 26,233 people have one; it is 0.91 away.
- A sub-6 Skewb single — 19,128 people have one; it is 1.37 away.
Targets move as he improves.