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Nakai Velasquez

2×2 · top 9.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2008 · 2008VELA01

Nakai Velasquez has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.59, set at Dayton Blind 2011, puts him in the top 9.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,865th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 32 competitions since May 2008, he has put 823 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 75% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 50.16 in May 2008 to 11.38, a 77% improvement. Nakai has entered 32 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 9.8% of 186,767 all-time
2.59
signature single · Dayton Blind 2011
823
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 75% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×22.595.00
top 9.8%3,865 / 40,951
3×311.3814.09
top 11.7%6,304 / 59,724
Pyraminx7.5611.41
top 32.6%9,131 / 28,708
3×3 one-handed25.6637.41
top 35.9%4,748 / 15,683
4×41:04.661:09.93
top 41.4%6,778 / 19,072
Clock16.0117.69
top 51.9%4,256 / 8,927
5×52:06.472:16.78
top 53.3%4,488 / 9,401
Square-137.6345.60
top 62.2%4,110 / 6,743
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 2 cubes · 14:15—
early days — 1 solve516 / 731
6×64:32.05—
early days — 1 solve2,984 / 4,196
Skewb14.7328.28
top 77.4%14,749 / 18,907
3×3 blindfolded4:56.066:56.46
top 78.9%1,626 / 2,092

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

Cincinnati Spring Open 2008: 50.16Cincinnati Summer Open 2008: 33.83Lexington Fall Open 2008: 29.84Indiana Winter Open 2008: 28.16Ohio Open 2009: 28.00Thankscubing Day 2009: 22.80Battle of Lexington 2010: 17.36DeVry University Open 2010: 16.58Dayton Open 2010: 15.81Dayton Blind 2011: 13.84UIndy Open 2011: 15.15United States National Championships 2011: 16.03Dayton Fall 2011: 14.25Indiana 2011: 13.05Ohio Fall 2011: 14.38New Albany 2012: 13.08Dayton Fall 2012: 13.25Indiana 2012: 12.72Dayton Open 2013: 14.03New Albany 2013: 11.38Indiana 2013: 14.38Queen City 2016: 14.91Mishawaka 3x3 Day 2016: 11.76Summit City Open 2016: 12.13Rexburg Cubing Open 2016: 12.07Dayton Winter 2017: 13.22Shaker Spring 2017: 13.79Second Annual Rexburg Open 2017: 12.91Back to School Idaho 2019: 12.25CubingUSA Western Championship 2021: 13.82Fountain City 2023: 13.32Cubing on the Plains at Auburn 2025: 15.7311.3850.1631 May 20081 Feb 2025

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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.59 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.38 away.

Targets move as he improves.