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Nikolas Carpenter

3×3 · top 7.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2023 · 2023CARP05

Nikolas Carpenter has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.13, set at Coosa Cubing Clash 2025, puts him in the top 7.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,321st in the United States. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 22 competitions since April 2023, he has put 599 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 69% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.41 in April 2023 to 10.13, a 45% improvement. Nikolas has entered 22 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 7.8% of 284,439 all-time
10.13
signature single · Coosa Cubing Clash 2025
599
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 69% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×310.1312.60
top 7.8%4,321 / 59,724
Pyraminx5.708.48
top 17.8%4,712 / 28,708
2×23.394.72
top 18.9%7,396 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed21.3630.54
top 24.2%3,104 / 15,683
4×450.651:02.26
top 25.5%3,927 / 19,072
5×51:45.071:58.84
top 39.2%3,150 / 9,401
Clock13.2217.76
top 40.6%3,231 / 8,927
3×3 blindfolded2:24.72—
top 41.6%881 / 2,092
Skewb8.1210.11
top 42.2%7,361 / 18,907
Megaminx1:57.602:09.16
top 44.4%3,252 / 7,841
6×63:31.263:44.38
top 55.1%2,083 / 4,196
3×3 Multi-Blind3 of 3 cubes · 27:33—
early days — 1 solve437 / 731
Square-137.5047.12
top 62.1%4,099 / 6,743
7×78:00.27—
early days — 3 solves2,850 / 3,184

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

Ohio State Spring Gray 2023: 18.41Swoop in and Solve Oxford 2023: 16.91Ohio State Winter 2023: 16.30Cubicle Day Oxford 2024: 14.19Chicago Area Twist Spring A 2024: 13.54Dublin Ohio Summer PM 2024: 13.82Y-Perms Near the Y-Bridge Zanesville 2024: 13.33Cubing on the Plains at Auburn 2025: 13.01See Georgia: Cloudland Canyon B 2025: 12.66Alabama Crimson Cubing Spring 2025: 14.16GA Cuber Jackets Spring 2025: 11.95CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2025: 11.67Louisiana Mega Two Day 2025: 11.44Alabama Crimson Cubing Fall 2025: 11.52Spookin' on the Plains at Auburn 2025: 11.93Coosa Cubing Clash 2025: 10.13Marietta the Gathering 2026: 12.45Scenic City Spring TN 2026: 12.73Presidential Puzzles in PA 2026: 13.2110.1318.4115 Apr 202316 May 2026

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 0.13 away.
  • A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.70 away.

Targets move as he improves.