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Nikki Needham

3×3 · top 94.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2023 · 2023NEED01

Nikki Needham has been competing for 3 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 1:07.88, set at Manchester Spring 2024, puts her in the top 94.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6,500th in the United Kingdom. Across 5 competitions since May 2023, she has put 34 official solves on the record across two events. Her 3×3 best has come down from 3:02.23 in May 2023 to 1:07.88, a 63% improvement. Nikki has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 94.3% of 284,439 all-time
1:07.88
signature single · Manchester Spring 2024
34
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited Kingdom
3×31:07.881:12.81
top 94.3%6,500 / 6,689
2×220.5428.69
top 95.9%4,774 / 4,895

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

Glasgow Spring 2023: 3:02.23August Bank Holiday Manchester 2023: 1:30.10Manchester Winter 2024: 1:11.63Manchester Spring 2024: 1:07.88Newcastle Tyneside Spring 2024: 1:10.121:07.883:02.2326 May 202325 May 2024

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-1:00 3×3 single — 260,367 people have one; it is 7.88 away.
  • A sub-20 2×2 single — 178,436 people have one; it is 0.54 away.

Targets move as she improves.