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Nigel Tan
3×3 · top 44.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2025 · 2025TANN01
Nigel Tan has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 21.74, set at Belmont Spring 2026, puts him in the top 44.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 25,779th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since January 2025, he has put 15 official solves on the record across one event. His 3×3 best has come down from 58.41 in January 2025 to 21.74, a 63% improvement. Nigel has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 21.74 | 26.01 | top 44.7% | 25,779 / 59,724 |
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
- 13 Dec 2025First sub-30 3×3: 28.64 at Bay Area Speedcubin' 68 - Belmont 2025.
- 31 Jan 2025First competition: Berkeley January Weekday Tricubealon 2025. A 58.41 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Belmont Spring 2026 · 2 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 68 - Belmont 2025 · 13 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley January Weekday Tricubealon 2025 · 31 Jan 2025
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.
- Chris Lillios — met in 3 rounds, finished ahead once
- Micah Yeo — met in 3 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 1.74 away.
Targets move as he improves.