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Nuriel Vera-Degraff
3×3 · top 4.1% of 288,433 all-time · competing since February 2017 · 2017VERA03
Nuriel Vera-Degraff has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.65, set at MIT Winter 2020, puts him in the top 4.1% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,335th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since February 2017, he has put 202 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 65% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 6 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.72 in February 2017 to 8.65, a 62% improvement. Nuriel has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.65 | 12.38 | top 4.1% | 2,335 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 2.87 | 4.28 | top 12.9% | 5,115 / 41,674 | |
| 4×4 | 40.96 | 50.05 | top 13.3% | 2,005 / 19,354 | |
| Skewb | 4.86 | 7.80 | top 17.1% | 2,746 / 19,164 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.12 | 9.61 | top 28.9% | 8,087 / 29,168 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.23 | 31.75 | top 32.2% | 4,258 / 15,900 | |
| 5×5 | 1:45.36 | 1:55.25 | top 39.5% | 3,225 / 9,537 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 43 moves | 47.00 | top 59.1% | 1,265 / 2,059 | |
| Square-1 | 48.92 | — | early days — 2 solves | 5,024 / 6,846 |
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
- 12 Jan 2020First sub-10 3×3: 8.65 at MIT Winter 2020.
- 21 Sep 2019Three personal bests in one day at Providence Fall 2019.
- 26 Jul 2019Four personal bests in one day at Massachusetts Championship 2019.
- 1 Jun 2019Three personal bests in one day at Cubing in Cambridge 2019.
- 20 Apr 2019First sub-15 3×3: 14.10 at Empire State Spring 2019.
- 20 Apr 2019Three personal bests in one day at Empire State Spring 2019.
Competitions
- Back to Cambridge A 2021 · 26 Jun 2021 — 1 personal best set
- MIT Winter 2020 · 12 Jan 2020 — 1 personal best set
- Providence Fall 2019 · 21 Sep 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Massachusetts Championship 2019 · 26 Jul 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Cubing in Cambridge 2019 · 1 Jun 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Empire State Spring 2019 · 20 Apr 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Salem Cube Trials 2019 · 2 Feb 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Boston University Winter 2019 · 12 Jan 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- WPI Winter Cube Day 2017 · 26 Feb 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.
- Tim Kwartler — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead 24 times
- Daniel Gutierrez — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead once
- Will Russo — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.65 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.87 away.
Targets move as he improves.