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Nico Shane Kenny
Pyraminx · top 9.9% of 130,891 all-time · competing since November 2025 · 2025KENN18
Nico Shane Kenny has been competing for 11 months. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 4.43, set at Solve Well in Wellington 2026, puts him in the top 9.9% of the 130,891 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 153rd in New Zealand. Until September 2006, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since November 2025, he has put 80 official solves on the record across three 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 4 DNFs. His Pyraminx best has come down from 9.76 in November 2025 to 4.43, a 55% improvement. Nico has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | New Zealand | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 4.43 | 13.05 | top 9.9% | 153 / 1,149 | |
| 3×3 | 23.75 | 25.87 | top 49.8% | 1,079 / 2,145 | |
| 2×2 | 6.06 | 9.73 | top 51.6% | 887 / 1,627 |
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, Pyraminx. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 10 Jan 2026First sub-30 3×3: 28.52 at Hurry Up Hutt Valley 2026.
- 22 Nov 2025First competition: Wellington Spring 2025. A 35.77 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Solve Well in Wellington 2026 · 10 Oct 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- NZ Cubing in the Capital 2026 · 13 Sep 2026 — 1 personal best set
- GAN New Zealand Nationals 2026 · 10 Jul 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Wellington Autumn 2026 · 23 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Hurry Up Hutt Valley 2026 · 10 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Wellington Spring 2025 · 22 Nov 2025 — 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.
- Aneurin Hunt — met in 17 rounds, never finished ahead
- Julian Sico — met in 17 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jack McDougall — met in 17 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 10,050 people have one; it is 0.43 away.
- A sub-20 3×3 single — 115,495 people have one; it is 3.75 away.
Targets move as he improves.