People · United States
Nicolas Stan
2×2 · top 2.7% of 189,179 all-time · competing since July 2022 · 2022STAN10
Nicolas Stan has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.62, set at CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2022, puts him in the top 2.7% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,074th in the United States. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since July 2022, he has put 437 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 53% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.31 in July 2022 to 7.95, a 30% improvement. Nicolas has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.62 | 2.57 | top 2.7% | 1,074 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 | 7.95 | 10.01 | top 2.7% | 1,596 / 60,666 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.12 | 7.20 | top 4.1% | 1,098 / 29,168 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.21 | 17.15 | top 8.6% | 1,165 / 15,900 | |
| Skewb | 4.18 | 7.44 | top 12.2% | 1,920 / 19,164 | |
| Square-1 | 14.60 | 18.20 | top 15.5% | 1,059 / 6,846 | |
| 4×4 | 46.72 | 55.13 | top 20.5% | 3,157 / 19,354 | |
| Clock | 9.50 | 12.48 | top 22.4% | 1,766 / 9,172 | |
| Megaminx | 1:27.60 | 1:31.66 | top 26.7% | 1,882 / 8,026 | |
| 5×5 | 1:32.43 | 1:53.78 | top 29.4% | 2,342 / 9,537 | |
| 6×6 | 3:50.12 | — | top 62.5% | 2,446 / 4,262 | |
| 7×7 | 9:16.12 | — | early days — 1 solve | 3,123 / 3,236 |
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
- 5 Sep 2026Five personal bests in one day at Florida Championship 2026.
- 4 Nov 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.32 at North Carolina Championship 2023.
- 4 Nov 2023Eight personal bests in one day at North Carolina Championship 2023.
- 15 Apr 2023Six personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2023.
- 29 Jul 2022First competition: CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2022. A 12.82 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Turn Back the Clock Miami 2026 · 10 Oct 2026
- Florida Championship 2026 · 5 Sep 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- Thrice as Nice Miami 2025 · 14 Dec 2025
- Miami Skewbed 2024 · 16 Nov 2024
- Miami Spring 2024 · 20 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- North Carolina Championship 2023 · 4 Nov 2023 — 8 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2023 · 15 Apr 2023 — 6 personal bests set
- Pegasus 2023 · 7 Jan 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2022 · 29 Jul 2022 — 2 personal bests set
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.
- Eddie Artze — met in 78 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
- Carter Bitz — met in 68 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Kellan Butler — met in 64 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.62 away.
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.95 away.
Targets move as he improves.