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Seth Nokes

2×2 · top 16.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2017 · 2017NOKE02

Seth Nokes has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.18, set at Don't Fall Off Pikes Peak 2023, puts him in the top 16.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6,428th in the United States. Across 10 competitions since May 2017, he has put 224 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 58% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.51 in May 2017 to 12.89, a 45% improvement. Seth has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 16.4% of 186,767 all-time
3.18
signature single · Don't Fall Off Pikes Peak 2023
224
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 58% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×23.186.32
top 16.4%6,428 / 40,951
3×312.8917.33
top 17.0%9,121 / 59,724
Pyraminx7.7715.48
top 34.3%9,681 / 28,708
Clock14.4420.02
top 45.7%3,685 / 8,927
Megaminx2:06.542:33.10
top 49.4%3,670 / 7,841
Skewb9.9815.83
top 54.8%9,950 / 18,907
4×42:05.662:21.00
top 84.1%15,815 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed1:14.801:26.37
top 90.8%13,912 / 15,683
3×3 Fewest Moves59 moves
early days — 1 solve1,904 / 2,040

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

Minnesota Cube Melt 2017: 23.51Fargo Fall 2017: 20.31South Dakota First 2018: 21.42Cubetcha 2018: 17.44Fargo Fall 2018: 17.09Race the Clock 2018: 15.99Minnesota Cube Melt 2019: 12.89Fargo Fall 2019: 19.62Summer Solving Colorado 2023: 15.50Don't Fall Off Pikes Peak 2023: 15.1412.8923.516 May 201715 Jul 2023

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-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.18 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.89 away.

Targets move as he improves.