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Nico Young

2×2 · top 54.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2010 · 2010YOUN01

Nico Young has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 6.31, set at Caltech Winter 2011, puts him in the top 54.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 22,064th in the United States. Across 7 competitions since August 2010, he has put 43 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 18% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 5 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 51.27 in August 2010 to 37.33, a 27% improvement. Nico has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 54.1% of 186,767 all-time
6.31
signature single · Caltech Winter 2011
43
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×26.3122.57
top 54.1%22,064 / 40,951
3×337.3345.50
top 73.6%44,820 / 59,724

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

Nisei Week Open 2010: 51.27Marymount Open 2010: 43.36Caltech Fall 2010: 37.33Caltech Winter 2011: 39.56Caltech Prefrosh 2011: 39.10Caltech Spring 2011: 46.53Auckland Winter Open 2011: 45.9137.3351.2721 Aug 201016 Jul 2011

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-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 0.31 away.
  • A sub-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 7.33 away.

Targets move as he improves.