People · United States
Nico Selfridge
3×3 · top 3.6% of 288,433 all-time · competing since September 2025 · 2025SELF02
Nico Selfridge has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.41, set at Penn Cube Day Fall 2026, puts him in the top 3.6% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,052nd in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since September 2025, he has put 152 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 78% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.65 in September 2025 to 8.41, a 55% improvement. Nico has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% 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 | 8.41 | 11.77 | top 3.6% | 2,052 / 60,666 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.02 | 8.51 | top 13.3% | 3,526 / 29,168 | |
| Skewb | 5.56 | 10.36 | top 22.5% | 3,624 / 19,164 | |
| Square-1 | 20.55 | 25.32 | top 29.3% | 1,927 / 6,846 | |
| 2×2 | 4.62 | 6.54 | top 34.6% | 13,973 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 29.60 | 34.07 | top 45.8% | 6,308 / 15,900 | |
| 4×4 | 1:18.76 | — | early days — 2 solves | 9,521 / 19,354 | |
| 5×5 | 2:58.83 | — | early days — 1 solve | 7,134 / 9,537 |
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
- 10 Oct 2026Three personal bests in one day at Penn Cube Day Fall 2026.
- 16 May 2026First sub-10 3×3: 8.94 at RCBC Cube Day NJ 2026.
- 15 Mar 2026First sub-15 3×3: 12.33 at King of Prussia Spring 2026.
- 20 Sep 2025First competition: NxNything Goes Bloomsburg 2025. A 18.65 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Penn Cube Day Fall 2026 · 10 Oct 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Cape May Summer A 2026 · 20 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- LCCC Cubing Summer 2026 · 6 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Cherry Hill Mini May 2026 · 28 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- RCBC Cube Day NJ 2026 · 16 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- King of Prussia Spring 2026 · 15 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- NxNything Goes Bloomsburg 2025 · 20 Sep 2025
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.
- Shaun Mack — met in 20 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jeffrey Chen — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead once
- Ishan Donavalli — met in 18 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.41 away.
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,242 people have one; it is 0.02 away.
Targets move as he improves.