We're only superficially close on 2012 extent...NSIDC has us only 10k more, but JAXA and UBremen have us over 500,000 sqkm behind and we're also trailing 2012 by over 500,000 sqkm in area. NSIDC extent will eventually start lagging 2012 significantly. We won't finish close to 2012 given the current numbers.
The ice is actually very compact right now which is not what you want to see when you are looking for a huge cliff in the coming weeks.