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Nicolas Romero

3×3 · top 17.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2016 · 2016ROME07

Nicolas Romero has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.87, set at Dixon Spring 2017, puts him in the top 17.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9,086th in the United States. Across 6 competitions since April 2016, he has put 103 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.18 in April 2016 to 12.87, a 29% improvement. Nicolas has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 17.0% of 284,439 all-time
12.87
signature single · Dixon Spring 2017
103
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×312.8714.16
top 17.0%9,086 / 59,724
Pyraminx6.6820.77
top 25.3%6,920 / 28,708
4×450.8855.25
top 25.8%3,972 / 19,072
2×24.167.18
top 28.5%11,306 / 40,951
5×51:44.092:01.92
top 38.4%3,079 / 9,401
3×3 one-handed30.9537.61
top 48.8%6,684 / 15,683
Megaminx2:21.542:30.28
top 57.2%4,303 / 7,841
Square-11:04.63
early days — 1 solve5,819 / 6,743

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

Clock N' Other Stuff 2016: 18.18Dixon Spring 2017: 12.87Cat and Mouse 2017: 13.40CubingUSA Nationals 2017: 12.94Elk Cubing 2018: 13.4912.8718.1830 Apr 201618 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.

  • Joshua Feran — met in 22 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Slater Metz — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
  • CJ Sheng — met in 20 rounds, never finished ahead

Next targets

  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.87 away.
  • A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 0.68 away.

Targets move as he improves.