People · Austria
Nico Mangeng
2×2 · top 0.79% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2022 · 2022MANG09
Nico Mangeng has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.11, set at Chääswürfel 2024, puts him in the top 0.79% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5th in Austria. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since November 2022, he has put 185 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 9.58 in November 2022 to 7.27, a 24% 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 | Austria | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.11 | 2.27 | top 0.79% | 5 / 396 | |
| 3×3 | 7.27 | 9.06 | top 1.7% | 11 / 530 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 14.81 | 19.33 | top 7.7% | 17 / 184 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.71 | 5.59 | top 11.5% | 44 / 261 | |
| 4×4 | 41.36 | 46.70 | top 13.7% | 37 / 224 | |
| 5×5 | 1:13.80 | 1:19.12 | top 14.4% | 24 / 118 | |
| Clock | 8.44 | 11.07 | top 17.3% | 16 / 79 | |
| Skewb | 5.39 | 10.98 | top 21.1% | 47 / 161 | |
| 6×6 | 2:58.30 | 3:00.89 | top 40.3% | 30 / 64 | |
| 7×7 | 4:37.12 | 4:49.97 | top 43.5% | 29 / 53 | |
| Square-1 | 42.56 | — | early days — 1 solve | 55 / 73 |
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
- 31 Dec 2024Five personal bests in one day at Chääswürfel 2024.
- 11 Nov 2023Five personal bests in one day at Swiss Science Open 2023.
- 30 Sep 2023Three personal bests in one day at Swisscubing Cup Final 2023.
- 5 Nov 2022First competition: Swiss Science Open 2022. A 10.36 3×3 single to start from.
- 5 Nov 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.58 at Swiss Science Open 2022.
Competitions
- Chääswürfel 2025 · 31 Dec 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Chääswürfel 2024 · 31 Dec 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Swiss Science Open 2023 · 11 Nov 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Swisscubing Cup Final 2023 · 30 Sep 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Swiss Science Open 2022 · 5 Nov 2022 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Mattia Pasquini — met in 43 rounds, finished ahead 31 times
- Tobias Peter — met in 43 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Levin Houghton — met in 43 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.11 away.
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.27 away.
Targets move as he improves.