People · United States
Nikolas Warner
2×2 · top 3.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since June 2024 · 2024WARN03
Nikolas Warner has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.86, set at Mid-Atlantic Speedcubing Championship 2026, puts him in the top 3.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,537th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since June 2024, he has put 536 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 89% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 30.18 in January 2025 to 10.96, a 64% improvement. Nikolas has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.86 | 3.59 | top 3.9% | 1,537 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.44 | 4.41 | top 5.2% | 1,364 / 28,708 | |
| Clock | 6.14 | 7.05 | top 7.7% | 603 / 8,927 | |
| Skewb | 3.86 | 5.81 | top 10.0% | 1,524 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 | 10.96 | 13.56 | top 10.4% | 5,598 / 59,724 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 27.47 | 30.31 | top 40.6% | 5,422 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 1:04.78 | 1:09.99 | top 41.5% | 6,805 / 19,072 | |
| Square-1 | 28.87 | 41.89 | top 47.3% | 3,081 / 6,743 | |
| Megaminx | 2:37.33 | — | top 64.8% | 4,944 / 7,841 | |
| 5×5 | 2:50.33 | — | top 74.7% | 6,657 / 9,401 |
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
- 14 Aug 2026Five personal bests in one day at Mid-Atlantic Speedcubing Championship 2026.
- 20 Dec 2025Three personal bests in one day at Ohio Championship 2025.
- 18 Oct 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.33 at UMBC Fall 2025.
- 30 Aug 2025Four personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2025.
- 8 Mar 2025First sub-20 3×3: 19.41 at New-Cumberland County 2025.
- 8 Mar 2025Four personal bests in one day at New-Cumberland County 2025.
Competitions
- Mid-Atlantic Speedcubing Championship 2026 · 14 Aug 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026 · 2 Jul 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Welcome to Washington D.C. 2026 · 25 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- TJHSST Winter 2026 · 15 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Fredericksburg Winter AM 2026 · 31 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Ohio Championship 2025 · 20 Dec 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- UMBC Fall 2025 · 18 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2025 · 30 Aug 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Virginia Championship 2025 · 16 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 · 3 Jul 2025
- UMBC Spring 2025 · 10 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Virginia Always Open Spring 2025 · 6 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- New-Cumberland County 2025 · 8 Mar 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Cubing with the Cougars WV 2025 · 1 Feb 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Bethesda Winter Wonderland 2025 · 18 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2024 · 12 Oct 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Pennsylvania Championship 2024 · 21 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Zayn Khanani — met in 94 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Leland Pak — met in 92 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Hassan Khanani — met in 84 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.86 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.44 away.
Targets move as he improves.