People · Brazil
Nickolas Naoki Maruyama
3×3 · top 5.7% of 284,439 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 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 266th in Brazil. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since December 2017, he has put 177 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 62% of the 35,811 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 four competitions, more competitions than 78% 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% | 266 / 9,644 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.50 | 18.86 | top 9.1% | 130 / 1,992 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:23.08 | — | early days — 3 solves | 50 / 333 | |
| 4×4 | 49.43 | 51.47 | top 24.0% | 316 / 1,855 | |
| 2×2 | 3.81 | 4.57 | top 24.1% | 860 / 5,137 | |
| Megaminx | 1:41.83 | 1:50.02 | top 35.7% | 286 / 1,062 | |
| Square-1 | 50.33 | — | top 76.4% | 480 / 647 | |
| Skewb | 19.74 | 32.36 | top 89.2% | 1,230 / 1,463 |
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
- 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.
- 9 Dec 2017First competition: Capivara 2017. A 12.66 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- 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 27 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Diego Taques Pimenta Quintanilha — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
- Fabio Bini Graciose — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.33 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 0.50 away.
Targets move as he improves.