People · United States
Nicolas Alonso
Skewb · top 6.6% of 73,281 all-time · competing since December 2023 · 2023ALON11
Nicolas Alonso has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 3.30, set at DFW Cubing Summer 2025, puts him in the top 6.6% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,014th in the United States. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since December 2023, he has put 329 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 82% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.46 in December 2023 to 11.50, a 57% improvement. Nicolas has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 3.30 | 5.47 | top 6.6% | 1,014 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 | 11.50 | 15.13 | top 12.2% | 6,544 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.20 | 7.65 | top 14.4% | 3,781 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 3.56 | 4.39 | top 20.9% | 8,206 / 40,951 | |
| Clock | 9.18 | 10.39 | top 20.9% | 1,614 / 8,927 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.91 | 34.93 | top 28.5% | 3,683 / 15,683 | |
| Megaminx | 1:44.73 | 2:12.17 | top 37.4% | 2,688 / 7,841 | |
| 4×4 | 1:09.20 | 1:22.51 | top 46.1% | 7,664 / 19,072 | |
| Square-1 | 39.74 | 49.51 | top 65.0% | 4,270 / 6,743 |
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
- 19 Oct 2025Three personal bests in one day at Space City Fall TX 2025.
- 21 Jun 2025Three personal bests in one day at DFW Cubing Summer 2025.
- 22 Nov 2024First sub-15 3×3: 14.36 at Texas Championship 2024.
- 22 Nov 2024Six personal bests in one day at Texas Championship 2024.
- 2 Mar 2024First sub-20 3×3: 18.82 at Cube Against Cancer Texas 2024.
- 2 Mar 2024Four personal bests in one day at Cube Against Cancer Texas 2024.
Competitions
- Cube Against Cancer Houston 2026 · 18 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Space City Fall TX 2025 · 19 Oct 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Houston Back to School 2025 · 9 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- DFW Cubing Summer 2025 · 21 Jun 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Cube Against Cancer Houston 2025 · 1 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Space City Winter TX 2025 · 4 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Texas Championship 2024 · 22 Nov 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- Humble Cube Rumble Summer 2024 · 30 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Turning at Tompkins Spring 2024 · 21 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Cube Against Cancer Texas 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Texas Championship 2023 · 2 Dec 2023
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.
- Rune Thomas Coulbourne — met in 62 rounds, finished ahead 23 times
- Noah Silva — met in 60 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Ignacio Montilla — met in 57 rounds, finished ahead 26 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.30 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.50 away.
Targets move as he improves.