People · Brazil
Nicolas de Souza Fonseca Nascimento
3×3 · top 4.4% of 288,433 all-time · competing since April 2018 · 2018NASC04
Nicolas de Souza Fonseca Nascimento has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.80, set at II Golden Square Shopping 2025, puts him in the top 4.4% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 203rd in Brazil. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 23 competitions since April 2018, he has put 328 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 54% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.96 in April 2018 to 8.80, a 69% improvement. Nicolas has entered 23 competitions, more competitions than 97% 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 | 8.80 | 10.62 | top 4.4% | 203 / 9,942 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.21 | 9.73 | top 14.5% | 352 / 3,311 | |
| 2×2 | 3.73 | 5.11 | top 23.2% | 836 / 5,285 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.93 | 26.77 | top 28.6% | 445 / 2,045 | |
| 4×4 | 1:16.83 | 1:30.57 | top 53.3% | 818 / 1,884 | |
| Skewb | 10.62 | 23.76 | top 58.7% | 766 / 1,493 | |
| Megaminx | 4:09.31 | — | early days — 1 solve | 950 / 1,082 |
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 Jun 2025Four personal bests in one day at SAJ Águas da Prata 2025.
- 27 Nov 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.78 at Taipas Open 2022.
- 31 Aug 2019Four personal bests in one day at III Barueri Open 2019.
- 23 Mar 2019First sub-15 3×3: 12.94 at Torneio de Cubo Mágico EJS 2019.
- 23 Mar 2019Four personal bests in one day at Torneio de Cubo Mágico EJS 2019.
- 1 Sep 2018First sub-20 3×3: 16.18 at II Barueri Open 2018.
Competitions
- Desafio Hungria em SP 2026 · 26 Sep 2026
- Aquático Aclimação Open 2026 · 31 May 2026
- FECAP 2026 · 23 May 2026
- II Golden Square Shopping 2025 · 25 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Desafio Hungria em SP 2025 · 14 Jun 2025
- SAJ Águas da Prata 2025 · 7 Jun 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- FECAP Open 2025 · 24 May 2025
- Aquático Aclimação Open 2025 · 18 May 2025
- SESI Santos 2025 · 5 Apr 2025
- Taboão Bigs & Blinds 2024 · 13 Oct 2024
- Aquático Aclimação Open 2024 · 29 Sep 2024
- PIB Itaim Open 2024 · 13 Jul 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Desafio Hungria em SP 2024 · 22 Jun 2024
- FECAP Open 2024 · 25 May 2024
- PIB Itaim Open 2023 · 21 Oct 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Taipas Open 2022 · 27 Nov 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Fecap Open 2022 · 8 Oct 2022
- III Barueri Open 2019 · 31 Aug 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Fecap Open 2019 · 18 May 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Torneio de Cubo Mágico EJS 2019 · 23 Mar 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- II Barueri Open 2018 · 1 Sep 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Fecap Open 2018 · 20 May 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Arnold Classic South America 2018 · 21 Apr 2018
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.
- Caio Hideaki Sato — met in 73 rounds, never finished ahead
- Frederico Canal Gomes — met in 58 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Fabio Bini Graciose — met in 54 rounds, finished ahead 31 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.80 away.
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,242 people have one; it is 0.21 away.
Targets move as he improves.