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Nicolas Messerli

Pyraminx · top 14.9% of 129,321 all-time · competing since November 2015 · 2015MESS03

Nicolas Messerli has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 5.27, set at Suisse Toy Fast Fingers 2017, puts him in the top 14.9% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 125th in Switzerland. Across 12 competitions since November 2015, he has put 329 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 83% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.13 in November 2015 to 19.54, a 22% improvement. Nicolas has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 14.9% of 129,321 all-time
5.27
signature single · Suisse Toy Fast Fingers 2017
329
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 83% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSwitzerland
Pyraminx5.278.09
top 14.9%125 / 655
2×24.136.47
top 28.1%303 / 913
3×319.5421.16
top 38.6%467 / 1,197
Skewb9.3212.20
top 50.6%222 / 388
4×41:23.341:56.15
top 58.6%260 / 462
3×3 one-handed36.1243.01
top 59.3%220 / 367

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

Würfelä im Drachenäscht 2015: 25.13Chottu Skips 2016: 22.09Wiler Würfelfest 2016: 21.03OFFA-Meisterschaft 2016: 23.19Swiss Nationals 2016: 22.35Wiehnachtswürfelä z Bärn 2016: 19.54Swisscubing Cup II 2017: 21.05Suisse Toy Fast Fingers 2017: 21.42Zurich Open 2018: 20.08Swisscubing Cup Final 2018: 20.11Swiss Science Open 2019: 20.32Basel Open 2020: 20.0519.5425.1313 Nov 201515 Feb 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-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.27 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.13 away.

Targets move as he improves.