USCF player statistics
Nickel, Brandon Thomas
Official US Chess recordRegular rating
Provisional rating · Sep 2026 · 9 published updates since Jan 2026
Other formats against Regular
-26 Quick vs Regular (provisional)
No national baseline for this rating band yet.
How this rating moves
Between consecutive published observations, provisional included.
- Biggest gain
- +247
- Apr 2026 to May 2026
- Biggest drop
- —
- No drop between published updates yet
- Longest rise
- 2 updates
- +260 from Apr 2026 to Jun 2026
- Current run
- 3 updates
- Unchanged since Jun 2026
- Typical move
- ±33
- Mean absolute change; spread ±86.8
Regular rating in context
United States
#24,949of 83,635 rated members · higher than 70.1%
58,652 lower · 35 same rating · 24,948 higher · ties share a rank
Arizona
#560of 1,686 rated members · higher than 66.7%
1,125 lower · 2 same rating · 559 higher · ties share a rank
Where this rating sits · United States
83,635 rated members in 50-point bands · median 800–849 · 6,864 within 100 points of 1,273 (this player included)
1,250–1,299: 1,642 members (1.9%) · highlighted band is the player’s · dashed line is the target
71.1% below 1,300 (59,522 of 83,635; 70.1% below 1,273)
How these comparisons are calculated
Chess67 calculations from the Sep 2026 monthly rating update, using the same population as the USCF statistics pages: US members classified as active in the published monthly records, excluding lifetime-coded records, provisional ratings included. Ties share a rank; “lower” is strictly lower; national and state groups overlap. The target explorer keeps the population fixed, with this player at their recorded rating: it is a rating comparison, not a prediction of future rank.
Published ratings by month
P marks a provisional rating; the small figure is the change since the previous published observation.
| Month | Regular | Quick |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 1,273 Pno change · 11 games | 1,247 Pno change · 11 games |
| Aug 2026 | 1,273 Pno change · 11 games | 1,247 Pno change · 11 games |
| Jul 2026 | 1,273 Pno change · 11 games | 1,247 Pno change · 11 games |
| Jun 2026 | 1,273 P+13 · 11 games | 1,247 P+6 · 11 games |
| May 2026 | 1,260 P+247 · 8 games | 1,241 P+252 · 8 games |
| Apr 2026 | 1,013 Pno change · 4 games | 989 Pno change · 4 games |
| Mar 2026 | 1,013 Pno change · 4 games | 989 Pno change · 4 games |
| Feb 2026 | 1,013 Pno change · 4 games | 989 Pno change · 4 games |
| Jan 2026 | 1,013 P4 games | 989 P4 games |
| Dec 2025 | — | — |