People · United States
Nicolas Chan
3×3 · top 18.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2023 · 2023CHAN64
Nicolas Chan has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.35, set at Let's Cube Long Beach 2025, puts him in the top 18.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 10,018th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since June 2023, he has put 47 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.73 in June 2023 to 13.35, a 25% improvement. Nicolas has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% 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 | 13.35 | 14.25 | top 18.7% | 10,018 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 3.95 | 4.56 | top 25.9% | 10,161 / 40,951 | |
| Skewb | 11.20 | 14.28 | top 61.9% | 11,420 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 40.40 | 47.10 | top 65.8% | 9,355 / 15,683 | |
| Megaminx | 3:56.47 | — | early days — 2 solves | 7,199 / 7,841 |
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
- 15 Dec 2024First sub-15 3×3: 14.87 at Nub Open Lake Forest 2024.
- 11 Jun 2023First competition: Pride in Long Beach 2023. A 17.73 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Let's Cube Long Beach 2025 · 25 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Nub Open Lake Forest 2024 · 15 Dec 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Pride in Long Beach 2023 · 11 Jun 2023
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.
- Alex Lehman — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead once
- Karl Prodigalidad — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead once
- Jack Babiec — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.35 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.95 away.
Targets move as he improves.