People · United States
Zachary Nikolaus
Pyraminx · top 11.9% of 129,321 all-time · competing since February 2014 · 2014NIKO01
Zachary Nikolaus has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 4.78, set at New Albany Open 2014, puts him in the top 11.9% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,081st in the United States. Across 16 competitions since February 2014, he has put 275 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 84% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.93 in February 2014 to 11.64, a 61% improvement. Zachary has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 4.78 | 9.76 | top 11.9% | 3,081 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 | 11.64 | 15.10 | top 12.6% | 6,788 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 3.36 | 4.21 | top 18.5% | 7,245 / 40,951 | |
| Skewb | 6.72 | 11.53 | top 31.4% | 5,212 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 34.85 | 43.06 | top 57.0% | 7,940 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 1:25.62 | — | top 60.3% | 10,487 / 19,072 |
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
- 11 Apr 2015Three personal bests in one day at Virginia Open Spring 2015.
- 18 Oct 2014First sub-15 3×3: 14.34 at Virginia Open Fall 2014.
- 18 Oct 2014Three personal bests in one day at Virginia Open Fall 2014.
- 6 Sep 2014First sub-20 3×3: 17.47 at River Hill Summer 2014.
- 21 Jun 2014Five personal bests in one day at New Albany Open 2014.
- 27 Apr 2014Three personal bests in one day at Cornell Open Spring 2014.
Competitions
- Princeton Winter 2016 · 6 Feb 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Virginia Open Fall 2015 · 14 Nov 2015 — 1 personal best set
- US Nationals 2015 · 31 Jul 2015
- Chesapeake Science Point Spring 2015 · 9 May 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Virginia Open Spring 2015 · 11 Apr 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- Yale Spring 2015 · 4 Apr 2015 — 1 personal best set
- River Hill Winter 2015 · 7 Mar 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Slow n Steady Fall 2014 · 9 Nov 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- Virginia Open Fall 2014 · 18 Oct 2014 — 3 personal bests set
- Carnegie Mellon Fall 2014 · 11 Oct 2014 — 1 personal best set
- River Hill Summer 2014 · 6 Sep 2014 — 1 personal best set
- New Albany Open 2014 · 21 Jun 2014 — 5 personal bests set
- Cornell Open Spring 2014 · 27 Apr 2014 — 3 personal bests set
- Yale Spring 2014 · 30 Mar 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Princeton Winter 2014 · 15 Feb 2014 — 1 personal best set
- River Hill Winter 2014 · 8 Feb 2014
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.
- Corey Sakowski — met in 62 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Henry Savich — met in 53 rounds, never finished ahead
- Tommy Szeliga — met in 46 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.78 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.64 away.
Targets move as he improves.