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Nicolás Maurokefalidis

2×2 · top 3.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2015 · 2015MAUR01

Nicolás Maurokefalidis has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.69, set at La Plata Open 2015, puts him in the top 3.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 43rd in Argentina. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since January 2015, he has put 268 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 70% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.01 in January 2015 to 8.98, a 59% improvement. He has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 3.0% of 186,767 all-time
1.69
signature single · La Plata Open 2015
268
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 70% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingArgentina
2×21.693.50
top 3.0%43 / 1,203
3×38.9811.64
top 4.8%78 / 1,694
Pyraminx5.137.89
top 14.0%120 / 830
5×51:13.971:34.27
top 14.5%38 / 296
4×442.4348.29
top 15.0%94 / 615
3×3 one-handed20.8822.92
top 22.9%123 / 598
Megaminx2:15.862:27.23
top 54.2%182 / 314
Skewb12.2117.71
top 67.0%268 / 405
3×3 Fewest Moves48 moves
early days — 1 solve64 / 83
7×79:48.13
early days — 1 solve95 / 98

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

San Lorenzo Open 2015: 22.01UTN Otoño 2015: 15.73World Rubik's Cube Championship 2015: 12.29San Lorenzo Invierno 2015: 12.01La Plata Open 2015: 10.13Santa Fe Invierno 2019: 8.988.9822.0131 Jan 201522 Jun 2019

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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.69 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.98 away.

Targets move as he improves.