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Nicolas Gaerlan

3×3 · top 22.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2019 · 2019GAER01

Nicolas Gaerlan has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.39, set at SacCubing IX 2020, puts him in the top 22.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 12,067th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since September 2019, he has put 58 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.49 in September 2019 to 14.39, a 30% improvement. Nicolas has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 22.3% of 284,439 all-time
14.39
signature single · SacCubing IX 2020
58
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×314.3918.83
top 22.3%12,067 / 59,724
3×3 blindfolded2:39.56
early days — 1 solve997 / 2,092
Pyraminx9.9611.90
top 52.7%15,367 / 28,708
2×27.308.23
top 62.8%25,852 / 40,951
4×41:28.96
early days — 3 solves10,985 / 19,072
Skewb22.1326.90
top 92.4%17,772 / 18,907

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

SacCubing VIII 2019: 20.49Berkeley Summer 2019: 16.77SacCubing IX 2020: 14.3914.3920.498 Sep 201925 Jan 2020

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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.39 away.
  • A sub-2:00 3×3 blindfolded single — 4,077 people have one; it is 39.56 away.

Targets move as he improves.