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Ugonna Nwakuche

3×3 · top 8.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2018 · 2018NWAK01

Ugonna Nwakuche has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.47, set at Bay Area Speedcubin' 14 2019, puts him in the top 8.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,854th in the United States. Until February 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since April 2018, he has put 120 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 57% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.95 in April 2018 to 10.47, a 25% improvement. Ugonna has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 8.9% of 284,439 all-time
10.47
signature single · Bay Area Speedcubin' 14 2019
120
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 57% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×310.4713.46
top 8.9%4,854 / 59,724
2×23.174.36
top 16.3%6,382 / 40,951
Skewb5.3610.82
top 20.9%3,349 / 18,907
4×459.091:04.58
top 35.5%5,721 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed40.3343.28
top 65.7%9,340 / 15,683

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

Berkeley Spring 2018: 13.95CubingUSA Western Championship 2018: 15.03West Coast Cubing Tour - Cupertino 2018: 15.04Berkeley Summer 2018: 14.01Bay Area Speedcubin' 13 2019: 10.95Bay Area Speedcubin' 14 2019: 10.47Bay Area Speedcubin' 16 2019: 13.40Bay Area Speedcubin' 18 2019: 12.0710.4715.047 Apr 20187 Jul 2019

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 0.47 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.17 away.

Targets move as he improves.