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Nikole John Dela Rosa

3×3 · top 3.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2017 · 2017ROSA08

Nikole John Dela Rosa has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.53, set at Philippine Championship 2018, puts him in the top 3.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 369th in the Philippines. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since May 2017, he has put 197 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 85% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.16 in May 2017 to 8.53, a 35% improvement. Nikole has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.8% of 284,439 all-time
8.53
signature single · Philippine Championship 2018
197
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 85% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingPhilippines
3×38.5311.71
top 3.8%369 / 6,270
2×22.393.38
top 7.9%299 / 4,257
3×3 one-handed16.5223.01
top 11.4%275 / 2,440
Pyraminx5.016.51
top 13.2%351 / 2,621
4×442.5050.32
top 15.1%374 / 2,135
Skewb9.7511.30
top 53.4%849 / 1,320
3×3 blindfolded3:42.18
early days — 2 solves186 / 274

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

Metro Speedcubing Open II 2017: 13.16Bulacan Speedcubing Open 2018: 11.72Marikina City Open 2018: 12.51ValenZheng Cube Open 2018: 11.71Philippine Championship 2018: 8.53Baguio City Open 2023: 10.84Valenzuela Cubing Open 2023: 12.22Valenzuela Cubing Open 2024: 9.968.5313.1619 May 201713 Jul 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.

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.53 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.39 away.

Targets move as he improves.