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Nigel Matthieu Rhys Sarsaba

3×3 · top 9.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2016 · 2016SARS01

Nigel Matthieu Rhys Sarsaba has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.75, set at Cebu Masters 2017, puts him in the top 9.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,047th in the Philippines. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since June 2016, he has put 75 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.86 in June 2016 to 10.75, a 36% improvement. Nigel has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 9.7% of 284,439 all-time
10.75
signature single · Cebu Masters 2017
75
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingPhilippines
3×310.7512.85
top 9.7%1,047 / 6,270
2×24.025.43
top 26.7%1,268 / 4,257
3×3 one-handed27.9031.90
top 41.7%1,169 / 2,440
Skewb9.0510.87
top 48.8%771 / 1,320
4×41:14.941:21.80
top 51.5%1,311 / 2,135

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

Cebu Open 2016: 16.86Cebu Masters 2017: 10.75Cebu Speedcubing Year End 2017: 12.2210.7516.8618 Jun 20169 Dec 2017

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.75 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.02 away.

Targets move as he improves.