People · Germany
Tom Nickel
2×2 · top 19.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2023 · 2023NICK03
Tom Nickel has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.42, set at Rahn Education Open 2024, puts him in the top 19.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 655th in Germany. Across 8 competitions since October 2023, he has put 255 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 81% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 9.55 in October 2023 to 3.42, a 64% improvement. Tom has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Germany | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 3.42 | 4.87 | top 19.2% | 655 / 2,875 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.93 | 9.57 | top 19.5% | 502 / 1,987 | |
| 3×3 | 15.33 | 15.82 | top 25.5% | 1,257 / 4,109 | |
| Skewb | 7.75 | 13.15 | top 39.4% | 534 / 1,169 | |
| 4×4 | 1:08.18 | 1:18.40 | top 45.1% | 853 / 1,934 | |
| 5×5 | 2:12.71 | 2:23.97 | top 56.9% | 614 / 1,158 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 39.40 | 43.99 | top 64.5% | 865 / 1,314 | |
| 6×6 | 4:08.19 | 4:20.36 | top 68.1% | 348 / 586 | |
| Clock | 26.77 | 37.03 | top 79.8% | 514 / 634 | |
| 7×7 | 7:41.14 | — | top 86.1% | 394 / 510 | |
| Megaminx | 3:53.86 | — | top 88.9% | 670 / 787 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 29 Nov 2025Four personal bests in one day at Rahn Education Advent Open 2025.
- 1 Nov 2025Five personal bests in one day at c't Open Hannover 2025.
- 5 Apr 2024First sub-30 3×3: 19.02 at Rahn Education Open 2024.
- 5 Apr 2024First sub-20 3×3: 19.02 at Rahn Education Open 2024.
- 5 Apr 2024Four personal bests in one day at Rahn Education Open 2024.
- 14 Oct 2023First competition: c't Open Hannover 2023. A 31.12 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Westend Mega NxNxN Berlin 2026 · 25 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Rahn Education Advent Open 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- c't Open Hannover 2025 · 1 Nov 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Berlin Summer Open 2025 · 14 Jun 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Back to Berlin 2024 · 9 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- c't Open Hannover 2024 · 13 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Rahn Education Open 2024 · 5 Apr 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- c't Open Hannover 2023 · 14 Oct 2023
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.
- Jonas Ropella — met in 51 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Lisa-Marie Schreiber — met in 49 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
- Lars Krökel — met in 44 rounds, finished ahead 19 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.42 away.
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.93 away.
Targets move as he improves.