People · Brazil
Nickolas Naoki Maruyama
3×3 · top 5.7% of 288,433 all-time · competing since December 2017 · 2017MARU08
Nickolas Naoki Maruyama has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.33, set at Dois Vizinhos Open 2025, puts him in the top 5.7% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 277th in Brazil. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since December 2017, he has put 284 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 19% around a typical one; 99% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.66 in December 2017 to 9.33, a 26% improvement. Nickolas has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Brazil | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.33 | 11.49 | top 5.7% | 277 / 9,942 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 14.13 | 18.86 | top 6.4% | 80 / 2,045 | |
| 2×2 | 2.76 | 4.57 | top 11.6% | 403 / 5,285 | |
| 4×4 | 41.16 | 46.32 | top 13.5% | 167 / 1,884 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:17.51 | — | top 18.7% | 46 / 335 | |
| Megaminx | 1:22.87 | 1:36.22 | top 23.7% | 178 / 1,082 | |
| 5×5 | 1:51.60 | 2:00.28 | top 43.9% | 272 / 855 | |
| Square-1 | 50.33 | — | top 76.5% | 486 / 656 | |
| Skewb | 19.74 | 32.36 | top 89.2% | 1,258 / 1,493 |
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
- 10 Oct 2026Four personal bests in one day at Cascavel ao Cubo 2026.
- 5 Sep 2026Three personal bests in one day at Dois Vizinhos Open 2026.
- 8 Nov 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.33 at Dois Vizinhos Open 2025.
- 8 Nov 2025Three personal bests in one day at Dois Vizinhos Open 2025.
- 18 Jul 2025Three personal bests in one day at Campeonato Brasileiro de Cubo Mágico 2025.
- 28 Oct 2023Six personal bests in one day at Pé Vermelho 2023.
Competitions
- Cascavel ao Cubo 2026 · 10 Oct 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Dois Vizinhos Open 2026 · 5 Sep 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Dois Vizinhos Open 2025 · 8 Nov 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Campeonato Brasileiro de Cubo Mágico 2025 · 18 Jul 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Pé Vermelho 2023 · 28 Oct 2023 — 6 personal bests set
- Capivara 2017 · 9 Dec 2017 — 2 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.
- Gabriel Devens — met in 48 rounds, finished ahead 25 times
- Diego Taques Pimenta Quintanilha — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead 23 times
- Eduardo Reuel Cardoso dos Santos — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead 25 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.33 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,239 people have one; it is 2.13 away.
Targets move as he improves.