People · New Zealand
Nik Bartlett
3×3 · top 9.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2015 · 2015BART06
Nik Bartlett has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.54, set at Mind Games 2017, puts him in the top 9.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 199th in New Zealand. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since December 2015, he has put 142 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 57% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.46 in December 2015 to 10.54, a 32% improvement. Nik has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | New Zealand | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.54 | 12.64 | top 9.1% | 199 / 2,095 | |
| 2×2 | 2.72 | 5.13 | top 11.1% | 221 / 1,615 | |
| Skewb | 7.72 | 13.99 | top 39.2% | 290 / 666 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.64 | 11.17 | top 41.7% | 558 / 1,141 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 40 moves | — | early days — 3 solves | 70 / 111 | |
| 4×4 | 1:30.17 | 1:44.33 | top 63.7% | 444 / 722 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 3:54.97 | 4:10.94 | top 66.9% | 69 / 86 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 2 of 3 cubes · 21:31 | — | early days — 3 solves | 44 / 49 |
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
- 8 Dec 2017Three personal bests in one day at New Zealand Nationals 2017.
- 25 Sep 2016Three personal bests in one day at Palmerston North 2016.
- 22 May 2016First sub-15 3×3: 13.46 at Wellington Autumn 2016.
- 6 Dec 2015First competition: New Zealand Nationals 2015. A 15.46 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- New Zealand Nationals 2017 · 8 Dec 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Mind Games 2017 · 28 Jan 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- New Zealand Nationals 2016 · 3 Dec 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Palmerston North 2016 · 25 Sep 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Hamilton Winter 2016 · 31 Jul 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Wellington Autumn 2016 · 22 May 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- New Zealand Nationals 2015 · 6 Dec 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 his.
- Tom Nelson — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Aneurin Hunt — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
- James Macdiarmid — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.54 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.72 away.
Targets move as he improves.