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Niko Gunderson

2×2 · top 19.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since December 2023 · 2023GUND09

Niko Gunderson has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.45, set at North Star Cubing Challenge 2024, puts him in the top 19.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7,678th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since December 2023, he has put 92 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. Niko has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 19.6% of 186,767 all-time
3.45
signature single · North Star Cubing Challenge 2024
92
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×23.455.99
top 19.6%7,678 / 40,951
Skewb5.447.52
top 21.5%3,432 / 18,907
Pyraminx9.0110.63
top 44.9%12,923 / 28,708
3×323.3323.94
top 48.7%28,342 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed1:37.29
early days — 1 solve14,939 / 15,683

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

Side Events Minnesota 2023: 9.01North Star Cubing Challenge 2024: 10.91Minnesota Newcomer Saturday 2024: 9.369.0110.912 Dec 20232 Mar 2024

Best single per competition, Pyraminx. 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-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.45 away.
  • A sub-5 Skewb single — 13,285 people have one; it is 0.44 away.

Targets move as he improves.