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Nicolas Mathieu

2×2 · top 10.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2011 · 2011MATH01

Nicolas Mathieu has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.69, set at French Open 2013, puts him in the top 10.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 399th in France. Across 9 competitions since May 2011, he has put 439 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 91% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.34 in May 2011 to 13.59, a 42% improvement. Nicolas has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 10.8% of 186,767 all-time
2.69
signature single · French Open 2013
439
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 91% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingFrance
2×22.694.25
top 10.8%399 / 3,074
3×313.5915.30
top 19.5%948 / 4,746
Pyraminx6.288.41
top 22.1%548 / 2,148
3×3 one-handed23.8230.36
top 31.0%469 / 1,490
Clock11.9013.35
top 34.4%231 / 714
4×459.441:05.75
top 35.9%640 / 1,817
5×52:01.062:19.59
top 49.9%454 / 1,024
Square-140.1156.34
top 65.5%355 / 540
Megaminx2:47.303:58.20
top 69.1%522 / 867
3×3 Fewest Moves47 moves
top 71.5%281 / 367
7×79:59.29
early days — 1 solve342 / 372

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

Vesoul Open 2011: 23.34Magic Open 2011: 14.71Lyon Winter Open 2012: 14.08French Championship 2012: 14.86Vesoul Open Rubik 2012: 13.94Typhoon Open 2012: 14.71French Open 2013: 14.44Phalsbourg Winter Open 2016: 14.23French Championship 2018: 13.5913.5923.3414 May 201131 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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.69 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.59 away.

Targets move as he improves.