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Nicola De Cao

3×3 · top 32.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2010 · 2010DECA01

Nicola De Cao has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 17.59, set at Schio Open 2012, puts him in the top 32.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,114th in Italy. Across 3 competitions since June 2010, he has put 69 official solves on the record across nine events. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.16 in June 2010 to 17.59, a 33% improvement. Nicola has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 32.8% of 284,439 all-time
17.59
signature single · Schio Open 2012
69
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingItaly
3×317.5921.82
top 32.8%1,114 / 2,882
2×26.948.36
top 59.9%1,384 / 2,068
3×3 one-handed36.5251.79
top 60.0%540 / 887
Pyraminx11.9615.07
top 66.9%1,017 / 1,403
3×3 blindfolded4:12.02
early days — 3 solves170 / 244
4×41:47.52
top 75.3%890 / 1,206
5×53:48.91
early days — 2 solves572 / 642
3×3 Multi-Blind1 of 2 cubes · 15:43
early days — 1 solve93 / 100
Megaminx6:31.02
early days — 2 solves538 / 544

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

Cube 'n Roll Italian Open 2010: 26.16Trentin Open 2011: 19.84Schio Open 2012: 17.5917.5926.165 Jun 20101 Apr 2012

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 2.59 away.
  • A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 0.94 away.

Targets move as he improves.