People · Canada
Nicolas Bergen
3×3 · top 2.9% of 288,433 all-time · competing since October 2025 · 2025BERG22
Nicolas Bergen has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.03, set at Winnipeg Spring 2026, puts him in the top 2.9% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 291st in Canada. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since October 2025, he has put 123 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.13 in October 2025 to 8.03, a 21% improvement. Nicolas has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.03 | 11.06 | top 2.9% | 291 / 10,502 | |
| 2×2 | 3.05 | 3.75 | top 14.9% | 1,003 / 7,245 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.44 | 7.57 | top 16.1% | 650 / 4,913 | |
| Skewb | 5.38 | 8.80 | top 21.1% | 487 / 2,928 | |
| Megaminx | 1:23.29 | 1:40.71 | top 24.0% | 222 / 1,393 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.46 | 23.56 | top 24.5% | 535 / 2,632 | |
| 4×4 | 51.99 | 54.76 | top 27.2% | 706 / 3,180 | |
| 7×7 | 4:43.76 | 5:03.81 | early days — 3 solves | 193 / 519 | |
| 6×6 | 3:22.03 | 3:32.33 | early days — 3 solves | 280 / 683 | |
| Square-1 | 2:48.55 | — | early days — 2 solves | 968 / 973 |
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
- 18 Apr 2026Three personal bests in one day at Winnipeg Spring 2026.
- 18 Oct 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.93 at Regina Twist 'N Treat 2025.
- 18 Oct 2025Four personal bests in one day at Regina Twist 'N Treat 2025.
- 4 Oct 2025First competition: Grand Forks 2025. A 10.94 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Winnipeg Spring 2026 · 18 Apr 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Regina Twist 'N Treat 2025 · 18 Oct 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Grand Forks 2025 · 4 Oct 2025 — 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.
- Wilmer Daniel Almazan Cabrera — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- Tim Bentley — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
- Raphael Fast — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.03 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.05 away.
Targets move as he improves.