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Nicola Bruhin

3×3 · top 4.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2017 · 2017BRUH01

Nicola Bruhin has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.89, set at Wiler Würfelfest 2019, puts him in the top 4.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 56th in Switzerland. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since December 2017, he has put 270 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 74% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.91 in December 2017 to 8.89, a 57% improvement. Nicola has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 4.6% of 284,439 all-time
8.89
signature single · Wiler Würfelfest 2019
270
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 74% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSwitzerland
3×38.8911.24
top 4.6%56 / 1,197
3×3 one-handed15.1518.07
top 8.4%36 / 367
3×3 Fewest Moves28 moves37.33
top 9.9%16 / 97
2×22.935.30
top 13.4%165 / 913
Square-124.6528.50
top 38.4%63 / 159
5×51:46.801:56.54
top 40.4%96 / 266
4×41:10.411:27.15
top 47.3%206 / 462
Pyraminx11.0212.66
top 60.7%439 / 655

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

Swiss Nationals 2017: 20.91Zurich Open 2018: 18.48Swiss Nationals 2018: 13.49Swiss Science Open 2018: 11.49Swisscubing Cup Final 2018: 11.20Swisscubing Cup I 2019: 9.25Wiler Würfelfest 2019: 8.89Zurich Open 2019: 9.40Swiss Nationals 2019: 9.258.8920.9116 Dec 20178 Jun 2019

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.89 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 0.15 away.

Targets move as he improves.