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Nicolas Cardenas

Square-1 · top 32.4% of 25,272 all-time · competing since February 2017 · 2017CARD03

Nicolas Cardenas has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Square-1: a personal-best single of 21.95, set at Bucaramanga Cultural 2017, puts him in the top 32.4% of the 25,272 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 108th in Colombia. Across 5 competitions since February 2017, he has put 171 official solves on the record across ten 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 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.41 in February 2017 to 17.92, a 29% improvement. Nicolas has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

Square-1
best event — top 32.4% of 25,272 all-time
21.95
signature single · Bucaramanga Cultural 2017
171
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingColombia
Square-121.9525.43
top 32.4%108 / 317
3×317.9223.01
top 33.9%1,570 / 5,812
Pyraminx7.8911.02
top 35.3%786 / 2,395
Skewb7.2810.37
top 35.8%403 / 1,065
2×24.846.42
top 37.3%1,207 / 3,615
4×41:11.861:21.19
top 48.7%699 / 1,270
Clock16.0919.61
top 52.2%226 / 435
5×52:21.752:33.06
top 61.9%370 / 506
3×3 one-handed52.47
top 78.9%969 / 1,175
3×3 Fewest Moves61 moves
early days — 2 solves146 / 155

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

Piedra del Sol Santander 2017: 25.41Nacionales de SpeedCubing 2017: 18.67Bucaramanga Cultural 2017: 21.12Medellín Explora 2017: 19.33Caracolí Open 2018: 17.9217.9225.4118 Feb 20173 Mar 2018

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-20 Square-1 single — 7,083 people have one; it is 1.95 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 2.92 away.

Targets move as he improves.