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Scott Nicholson

3×3 · top 10.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2023 · 2023NICH05

Scott Nicholson has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.07, set at Couve Cubing Spring 2024, puts him in the top 10.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,793rd in the United States. Across 7 competitions since April 2023, he has put 119 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 95% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 49.60 in April 2023 to 11.07, a 78% improvement. Scott has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 10.7% of 284,439 all-time
11.07
signature single · Couve Cubing Spring 2024
119
official solves on the record
17%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 95% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×311.0718.71
top 10.7%5,793 / 59,724
2×24.968.21
top 38.8%15,566 / 40,951
Pyraminx8.8112.74
top 43.2%12,365 / 28,708
4×41:29.861:34.67
top 63.5%11,118 / 19,072
5×52:28.92
early days — 3 solves5,690 / 9,401
3×3 one-handed42.1855.00
top 68.3%9,770 / 15,683
Megaminx3:07.17
early days — 2 solves6,019 / 7,841

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

Welcome to Olympia 2023: 49.60Lakewood Spring 2023: 39.29Tacoma Winter Twisters 2024: 20.37Couve Cubing Spring 2024: 11.07Lakewood Newcomers 2024: 16.71Olympia Classic 2024: 16.50Lakewood Newcomers 2025: 14.8011.0749.6029 Apr 202322 Mar 2025

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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.07 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.96 away.

Targets move as he improves.