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Nicole Prindle

2×2 · top 5.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2013 · 2013PRIN01

Nicole Prindle has been competing for 13 years. Her best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.09, set at Carnegie Mellon Fall 2013, puts her in the top 5.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,134th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since November 2013, she has put 69 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. That figure sets aside her 2 DNFs. Her 3×3 best has come down from 21.05 in November 2013 to 12.90, a 39% improvement. Nicole has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 5.4% of 186,767 all-time
2.09
signature single · Carnegie Mellon Fall 2013
69
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×22.095.43
top 5.4%2,134 / 40,951
3×312.9016.25
top 17.1%9,136 / 59,724
3×3 blindfolded2:23.84
early days — 2 solves878 / 2,092
3×3 one-handed30.2433.76
top 47.2%6,433 / 15,683
4×41:13.231:34.34
top 50.0%8,413 / 19,072

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

Carnegie Mellon Fall 2013: 21.05Michigan May Madness 2014: 13.78Mishawaka Fall 2014: 12.90Carnegie Mellon Fall 2014: 15.8012.9021.0523 Nov 201311 Oct 2014

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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.09 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.90 away.

Targets move as she improves.