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Nicolas Charles

3×3 · top 48.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2009 · 2009CHAR01

Nicolas Charles has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 23.08, set at French Championship 2010, puts him in the top 48.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,139th in France. Across 3 competitions since March 2009, he has put 27 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.05 in March 2009 to 23.08, a 15% improvement. Nicolas has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 48.1% of 284,439 all-time
23.08
signature single · French Championship 2010
27
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingFrance
3×323.0826.42
top 48.1%2,139 / 4,746
3×3 blindfolded6:33.91
early days — 3 solves386 / 434
5×53:52.844:14.01
top 90.8%894 / 1,024

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

French Open 2009: 27.05French Championship 2009: 28.84French Championship 2010: 23.0823.0828.8414 Mar 20099 Apr 2010

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 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 3.08 away.
  • A sub-5:00 3×3 blindfolded single — 9,682 people have one; it is 1:33.91 away.

Targets move as he improves.