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Nikolaj Olsen

3×3 · top 9.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2014 · 2014OLSE02

Nikolaj Olsen has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.67, set at Danish Open 2016, puts him in the top 9.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 118th in Denmark. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since November 2014, he has put 133 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. Nikolaj has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 9.5% of 284,439 all-time
10.67
signature single · Danish Open 2016
133
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingDenmark
3×310.6712.24
top 9.5%118 / 1,198
2×22.944.07
top 13.6%173 / 906
Pyraminx7.2610.77
top 30.0%255 / 702
4×456.701:02.53
top 32.7%138 / 468
Skewb10.8912.76
top 60.2%298 / 467
5×52:18.752:40.37
top 60.3%156 / 269
3×3 one-handed47.98
top 74.9%263 / 380
3×3 Fewest Moves49 moves52.33
top 76.8%82 / 96
Megaminx3:10.58
top 77.9%170 / 232
Clock27.7430.91
top 81.4%153 / 187

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

Rebild Open 2014: 11.43Danish Open Championships 2015: 12.24Danish Open 2016: 10.6710.6712.248 Nov 201410 Jun 2016

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 0.67 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.94 away.

Targets move as he improves.