People · Bolivia
Nelson Rodrigo Rios
2×2 · top 3.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2019 · 2019RIOS01
Nelson Rodrigo Rios has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.78, set at Intercolegial Tarija 2023, puts him in the top 3.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 31st in Bolivia. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since August 2019, he has put 568 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 59% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.79 in August 2019 to 12.88, a 23% improvement. Nelson has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Bolivia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.78 | 4.01 | top 3.5% | 31 / 1,269 | |
| 3×3 | 12.88 | 14.27 | top 17.0% | 280 / 2,776 | |
| 4×4 | 44.10 | 54.64 | top 17.2% | 83 / 504 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.99 | 9.98 | top 27.8% | 223 / 938 | |
| 5×5 | 1:37.66 | 1:52.76 | top 33.6% | 80 / 220 | |
| Skewb | 7.14 | 9.24 | top 34.7% | 92 / 257 | |
| Megaminx | 1:50.92 | 2:06.70 | top 40.9% | 99 / 240 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 29.82 | 35.50 | top 46.2% | 206 / 425 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 3:39.68 | — | top 63.3% | 29 / 48 |
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
- 2 Aug 2025Three personal bests in one day at Chapacos Cuberos 2025.
- 25 Jan 2025Four personal bests in one day at Bolivia Cubing Tour - Tarija 2025.
- 21 Jan 2025Three personal bests in one day at Bolivia Cubing Tour - Sucre 2025.
- 21 Oct 2023First sub-15 3×3: 13.86 at Intercolegial Tarija 2023.
- 21 Oct 2023Five personal bests in one day at Intercolegial Tarija 2023.
- 26 Aug 2023Four personal bests in one day at Chapacos Cuberos 2023.
Competitions
- Cumpas y Cubos TJA 2025 · 22 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Chapacos Cuberos 2025 · 2 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- U.E. 8 de Septiembre 2025 · 26 Jun 2025
- Mega Cube Tarija 2025 · 3 May 2025
- Cube Clash Potosí 2025 · 27 Apr 2025
- Bolivia Cubing Tour - Tarija 2025 · 25 Jan 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Bolivia Cubing Tour - Sucre 2025 · 21 Jan 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Jisk'a Cubing 2025 · 19 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Tarija Speed Fest 2024 · 19 Oct 2024
- Chapacos Cuberos 2024 · 20 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Intercolegial Tarija 2023 · 21 Oct 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Chapacos Cuberos 2023 · 26 Aug 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Tarija Open 2019 · 3 Aug 2019 — 3 personal bests set
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.
- Thiago Alexis Martínez Ramírez — met in 61 rounds, finished ahead 24 times · head to head
- Mauricio Vilte Rocabado — met in 56 rounds, finished ahead 8 times · head to head
- Daniel C. Bedoya — met in 51 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.78 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.88 away.
Targets move as he improves.