People · Colombia
Nicolas Cruz
3×3 · top 15.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2014 · 2014CRUZ10
Nicolas Cruz has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.49, set at Avenida Chile X 2024, puts him in the top 15.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 646th in Colombia. Across 11 competitions since August 2014, he has put 135 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 19% around a typical one; 99% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.03 in August 2014 to 12.49, a 41% 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 | Colombia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 12.49 | 15.84 | top 15.6% | 646 / 5,812 | |
| 4×4 | 58.72 | 1:05.64 | top 35.1% | 479 / 1,270 | |
| 2×2 | 6.37 | 8.12 | top 54.7% | 1,786 / 3,615 | |
| 5×5 | 2:46.23 | — | early days — 2 solves | 427 / 506 |
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
- 7 Apr 2024Three personal bests in one day at Avenida Chile X 2024.
- 28 Jun 2017First sub-15 3×3: 14.89 at Latin America Cubing Tour - Chía 2017.
- 27 May 2017First sub-20 3×3: 15.78 at Nacionales de SpeedCubing 2017.
- 22 Aug 2014First competition: Colombia Nationals 2014. A 21.03 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Avenida Chile XXIV 2025 · 20 Jul 2025
- Avenida Chile XIX 2025 · 25 Jan 2025
- Colombian Nationals Avenida Chile 2024 · 9 Nov 2024
- Avenida Chile XVI 2024 · 20 Oct 2024
- Avenida Chile XIII 2024 · 21 Jul 2024
- Avenida Chile X 2024 · 7 Apr 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Avenida Chile IX 2024 · 17 Mar 2024
- Innova Schools Bogotá 2024 · 24 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Latin America Cubing Tour - Chía 2017 · 28 Jun 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Nacionales de SpeedCubing 2017 · 27 May 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Colombia Nationals 2014 · 22 Aug 2014
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.
- Dennis Rosero — met in 30 rounds, never finished ahead
- Eduard Esteban García Domínguez — met in 30 rounds, never finished ahead
- David Stiven Benitez Guerra — met in 28 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.49 away.
- A sub-50 4×4 single — 20,746 people have one; it is 8.72 away.
Targets move as he improves.