People · Canada
Nicolas Gravel
3×3 · top 3.9% of 288,433 all-time · competing since September 2023 · 2023GRAV04
Nicolas Gravel has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.58, set at Saskatchewan Newcomers 2025, puts him in the top 3.9% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 386th in Canada. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since September 2023, he has put 309 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 68% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.42 in September 2023 to 8.58, a 56% improvement. Nicolas has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.58 | 11.05 | top 3.9% | 386 / 10,502 | |
| Skewb | 3.13 | 5.99 | top 5.7% | 100 / 2,928 | |
| 2×2 | 2.42 | 3.56 | top 8.2% | 542 / 7,245 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.18 | 8.89 | top 8.6% | 311 / 4,913 | |
| 5×5 | 1:08.52 | 1:13.14 | top 10.7% | 131 / 1,546 | |
| 4×4 | 40.72 | 44.99 | top 13.0% | 334 / 3,180 | |
| Square-1 | 15.08 | 17.48 | top 16.7% | 144 / 973 | |
| Megaminx | 1:16.20 | 1:27.87 | top 19.4% | 184 / 1,393 | |
| 6×6 | 2:37.73 | 2:48.16 | top 29.6% | 155 / 683 | |
| 7×7 | 4:13.14 | 4:27.20 | top 35.5% | 145 / 519 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 26.52 | 31.62 | top 38.2% | 850 / 2,632 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 9:48.28 | — | early days — 1 solve | 353 / 362 |
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
- 2 Aug 2025Four personal bests in one day at SaskatooNxN 2025.
- 22 Mar 2025First sub-10 3×3: 8.58 at Saskatchewan Newcomers 2025.
- 22 Mar 2025Three personal bests in one day at Saskatchewan Newcomers 2025.
- 4 May 2024Three personal bests in one day at The Battlefords: Cubers Strike Back 2024.
- 23 Mar 2024First sub-15 3×3: 11.98 at Queen City Cubing Regina 2024.
- 9 Sep 2023First competition: Saskatchewan Open 2023. A 19.42 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Saskatoon Winter 2026 · 24 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Grand Slam of Cubing: Lloydminster 2025 · 22 Nov 2025
- SaskatooNxN 2025 · 2 Aug 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Calgary Summer A 2025 · 19 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- North Battleford Cube Day 2025 · 17 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Saskatchewan Newcomers 2025 · 22 Mar 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Edmonton River Valley Rumble 2024 · 25 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- The Battlefords: Cubers Strike Back 2024 · 4 May 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Queen City Cubing Regina 2024 · 23 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Saskatchewan Open 2023 · 9 Sep 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.
- Laura Plourde — met in 58 rounds, finished ahead 27 times
- Zach Ramer — met in 55 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Vianne Chang — met in 44 rounds, finished ahead 21 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.58 away.
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,709 people have one; it is 0.13 away.
Targets move as he improves.