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Nikolaus Wirth

3×3 · top 21.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2016 · 2016WIRT01

Nikolaus Wirth has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.09, set at M Moves in Middlebury 2024, puts him in the top 21.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 11,477th in the United States. Across 4 competitions since December 2016, he has put 51 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 33.68 in December 2016 to 14.09, a 58% improvement. Nikolaus has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 21.3% of 284,439 all-time
14.09
signature single · M Moves in Middlebury 2024
51
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×314.0916.16
top 21.3%11,477 / 59,724
2×24.745.48
top 36.0%14,380 / 40,951
Skewb11.5513.45
top 63.8%11,826 / 18,907
Pyraminx11.9115.17
top 66.6%19,703 / 28,708
3×3 one-handed1:18.09
early days — 2 solves14,136 / 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

UMass ODS Fall 2016: 33.68New York City Winter 2017: 23.06Sharon Summer 2017: 23.34M Moves in Middlebury 2024: 14.0914.0933.6810 Dec 201619 Oct 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 his.

  • Andrew Bae — met in 10 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Kyle Olsen — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead once
  • Eric Zhao — met in 8 rounds, finished ahead once

Next targets

  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.09 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.74 away.

Targets move as he improves.