People · Spain
Nicole Cabaya
3×3 · top 4.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2015 · 2015CABA04
Nicole Cabaya has been competing for 11 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.61, set at WCA European Championship 2018, puts her in the top 4.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 169th in Spain. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since May 2015, she has put 88 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 94% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. That figure sets aside her 3 DNFs. Her 3×3 best has come down from 14.60 in May 2015 to 8.61, a 41% improvement. Nicole has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Spain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.61 | 9.53 | top 4.0% | 169 / 5,141 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.85 | 30.22 | top 25.6% | 275 / 1,315 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.57 | 9.68 | top 32.6% | 961 / 2,865 | |
| 2×2 | 5.06 | 6.24 | top 40.1% | 1,446 / 3,845 | |
| 4×4 | 1:05.49 | 1:09.12 | top 42.3% | 645 / 1,762 | |
| 5×5 | 2:12.29 | 2:22.16 | top 56.7% | 413 / 863 |
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
- 23 Sep 2017Three personal bests in one day at Guildford Open 2017.
- 13 Jul 2017First sub-10 3×3: 9.17 at World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017.
- 23 May 2015First competition: Welwyn Garden City 2015. A 14.60 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- WCA European Championship 2018 · 19 Jul 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Guildford Open 2017 · 23 Sep 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017 · 13 Jul 2017 — 1 personal best set
- UK Rubik's Cube Championship 2015 · 7 Nov 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Welwyn Garden City 2015 · 23 May 2015
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 her.
- Eli Jay — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Harry Savage — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead once
- Charlie Stark — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.61 away.
- A sub-20 3×3 one-handed single — 15,081 people have one; it is 1.85 away.
Targets move as she improves.