People · Canada
Nima Bolourchian
2×2 · top 1.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2017 · 2017BOLO01
Nima Bolourchian has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.34, set at Return to Toronto 2019, puts him in the top 1.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 97th in Canada. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 25 competitions since October 2017, he has put 572 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 66% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.99 in October 2017 to 7.45, a 61% improvement. Nima has entered 25 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.34 | 3.41 | top 1.5% | 97 / 7,173 | |
| 3×3 | 7.45 | 8.66 | top 1.9% | 191 / 10,392 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.08 | 20.88 | top 10.4% | 233 / 2,620 | |
| Skewb | 4.14 | 5.57 | top 11.9% | 252 / 2,907 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.04 | 9.57 | top 20.3% | 837 / 4,858 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 36 moves | 44.00 | top 33.6% | 106 / 283 | |
| Clock | 12.66 | 19.33 | top 38.1% | 340 / 1,029 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:15.89 | 2:53.61 | top 38.5% | 134 / 351 | |
| 4×4 | 1:10.09 | 1:17.09 | top 47.0% | 1,279 / 3,118 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 3 of 4 cubes · 27:50 | — | early days — 3 solves | 92 / 112 | |
| 5×5 | 2:59.91 | — | top 78.0% | 1,079 / 1,499 | |
| Square-1 | 1:41.46 | 2:50.06 | top 97.0% | 920 / 952 |
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
- 26 Jul 2019Five personal bests in one day at Canadian Championship 2019.
- 27 Apr 2019Four personal bests in one day at Guelph Side Events 2019.
- 6 Apr 2019Three personal bests in one day at 8 Wing Limited 2019.
- 2 Feb 2019Four personal bests in one day at Return to Toronto 2019.
- 12 Jan 2019Three personal bests in one day at Ajax Winter 2019.
- 29 Sep 2018Three personal bests in one day at Oakville Limited Fall 2018.
Competitions
- Battle of Waterloo 2022 · 20 Aug 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Leap to Barrie 2020 · 29 Feb 2020
- Please Be Quiet Toronto Winter 2020 · 15 Feb 2020
- No 3x3x3 Cambridge 2019 · 7 Dec 2019
- FMC Americas 2019 · 17 Nov 2019
- Battle of Waterloo 2019 · 14 Sep 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing in the 6ix 2019 · 24 Aug 2019 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2019 · 1 Aug 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Canadian Championship 2019 · 26 Jul 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Richmond Hill Summer 2019 · 29 Jun 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Newmarket Open 2019 · 22 Jun 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- FMC 2019 · 15 Jun 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Guelph Side Events 2019 · 27 Apr 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- 8 Wing Limited 2019 · 6 Apr 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Please Be Quiet Oshawa 2019 · 3 Feb 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Return to Toronto 2019 · 2 Feb 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Ajax Winter 2019 · 12 Jan 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- FMC Americas 2018 · 4 Nov 2018
- Oakville Limited Fall 2018 · 29 Sep 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- No 3x3x3 Mississauga 2018 · 15 Sep 2018
- Oakville Limited Spring 2018 · 28 Apr 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Upstate Cubing 2018 · 7 Apr 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Pickering Spring 2018 · 24 Mar 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Oakville Limited Winter 2018 · 27 Jan 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Pickering 2017 · 14 Oct 2017
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.
- Joaquin Abarca — met in 134 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Ryan Wu — met in 119 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
- Brennen Lin — met in 114 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.34 away.
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.45 away.
Targets move as he improves.