People · United States
Nicolas Brassard
3×3 one-handed · top 6.5% of 73,695 all-time · competing since August 2012 · 2012BRAS01
Nicolas Brassard has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 14.21, set at Puget Sound Fall 2018, puts him in the top 6.5% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 896th in the United States. Until September 2009, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since August 2012, he has put 340 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 64% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.83 in August 2012 to 10.53, a 49% improvement. Nicolas has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% 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 one-handed | 14.21 | 18.19 | top 6.5% | 896 / 15,683 | |
| 3×3 | 10.53 | 12.86 | top 9.0% | 4,952 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 46.99 | 52.79 | top 20.8% | 3,159 / 19,072 | |
| 2×2 | 3.80 | 4.96 | top 23.9% | 9,389 / 40,951 | |
| Skewb | 6.28 | 8.20 | top 28.0% | 4,558 / 18,907 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.30 | 11.64 | top 38.8% | 11,073 / 28,708 | |
| 5×5 | 1:45.67 | 1:51.22 | top 39.7% | 3,196 / 9,401 | |
| Megaminx | 1:56.54 | 2:10.17 | top 43.9% | 3,203 / 7,841 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:54.55 | — | top 50.9% | 1,085 / 2,092 | |
| 6×6 | 4:29.40 | 4:36.35 | top 74.5% | 2,949 / 4,196 | |
| Square-1 | 1:05.76 | — | early days — 2 solves | 5,855 / 6,743 | |
| 7×7 | 7:51.85 | — | early days — 3 solves | 2,805 / 3,184 |
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
- 22 Sep 2018Four personal bests in one day at Puget Sound Fall 2018.
- 20 Jul 2018Five personal bests in one day at SnoCo Summer 2018.
- 15 Jul 2017Five personal bests in one day at Canadian Open 2017.
- 29 Jul 2016Four personal bests in one day at US Nationals 2016.
- 17 Oct 2015First sub-20 3×3: 14.29 at Puget Sound Open 2015.
- 17 Oct 2015First sub-15 3×3: 14.29 at Puget Sound Open 2015.
Competitions
- Canadian Championship 2023 · 13 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Puget Sound Fall 2018 · 22 Sep 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- SnoCo Summer 2018 · 20 Jul 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- Skyline Open 2018 · 27 Jan 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Puget Sound Winter 2.0 2017 · 2 Dec 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- SnoCo Cubing Fall 2017 · 21 Oct 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Puget Sound Fall 2017 · 23 Sep 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Canadian Open 2017 · 15 Jul 2017 — 5 personal bests set
- US Nationals 2016 · 29 Jul 2016 — 4 personal bests set
- Puget Sound Open 2015 · 17 Oct 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Vancouver Open Summer 2012 · 11 Aug 2012
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.
- Matthew Dickman — met in 57 rounds, finished ahead 46 times
- Ethan Rusnak — met in 53 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Sameer Aggarwal — met in 49 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 2.21 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.53 away.
Targets move as he improves.