People · Canada
Nicole Wang
3×3 · top 4.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2018 · 2018WANN03
Nicole Wang has been competing for 8 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.99, set at Markham 3x3x3 Morning 2023, puts her in the top 4.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 464th in Canada. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since December 2018, she has put 317 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 68% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Her 3×3 best has come down from 14.13 in December 2018 to 8.99, a 36% improvement. Nicole has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.99 | 11.78 | top 4.8% | 464 / 10,392 | |
| 4×4 | 35.86 | 41.56 | top 7.5% | 173 / 3,118 | |
| Skewb | 3.94 | 6.18 | top 10.5% | 219 / 2,907 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.61 | 9.60 | top 10.9% | 400 / 4,858 | |
| Megaminx | 1:12.50 | 1:30.56 | top 17.2% | 150 / 1,375 | |
| Square-1 | 16.86 | 25.23 | top 20.7% | 174 / 952 | |
| Clock | 9.22 | 13.49 | top 21.1% | 183 / 1,029 | |
| 2×2 | 3.74 | 4.36 | top 23.2% | 1,551 / 7,173 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.85 | 34.11 | top 25.6% | 553 / 2,620 | |
| 5×5 | 1:36.48 | 1:51.99 | top 32.7% | 399 / 1,499 | |
| 6×6 | 4:29.30 | — | early days — 1 solve | 433 / 665 | |
| 7×7 | 7:34.86 | — | early days — 1 solve | 407 / 503 |
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
- 29 Apr 2023First sub-10 3×3: 8.99 at Markham 3x3x3 Morning 2023.
- 7 May 2022Three personal bests in one day at Oshawa Favourites 2022.
- 29 Feb 2020Four personal bests in one day at Leap to Barrie 2020.
- 26 Jul 2019Nine personal bests in one day at Canadian Championship 2019.
- 22 Jun 2019Three personal bests in one day at Newmarket Open 2019.
- 2 Feb 2019Three personal bests in one day at Return to Toronto 2019.
Competitions
- Southern Ontario Summer - Waterloo 2023 · 24 Jun 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Markham 3x3x3 Morning 2023 · 29 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Waterloo Favourites A 2023 · 18 Feb 2023
- Hamilton Side Events 2022 · 28 May 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Oshawa Favourites 2022 · 7 May 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Leap to Barrie 2020 · 29 Feb 2020 — 4 personal bests set
- Canadian Championship 2019 · 26 Jul 2019 — 9 personal bests set
- Richmond Hill Summer 2019 · 29 Jun 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Newmarket Open 2019 · 22 Jun 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Return to Toronto 2019 · 2 Feb 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Oakville Autumn Limited 2018 · 1 Dec 2018 — 1 personal best 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 her.
- Ryan Wu — met in 54 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Thomas Imada — met in 52 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
- Marco Yang (杨柯辰) — met in 50 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.99 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 5.86 away.
Targets move as she improves.