People · Spain
Nicolas Egal Castro
2×2 · top 5.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2022 · 2022CAST06
Nicolas Egal Castro has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.09, set at Iruña Open 2023, puts him in the top 5.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 212th in Spain. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 20 competitions since April 2022, he has put 870 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 61% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 2×2 best has come down from 6.59 in April 2022 to 2.09, a 68% improvement. Nicolas has entered 20 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 | Spain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.09 | 3.28 | top 5.4% | 212 / 3,845 | |
| Skewb | 3.08 | 6.36 | top 5.4% | 163 / 1,685 | |
| 3×3 | 10.46 | 12.97 | top 8.8% | 359 / 5,141 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.47 | 8.96 | top 10.1% | 325 / 2,865 | |
| 4×4 | 41.59 | 47.28 | top 14.0% | 196 / 1,762 | |
| Clock | 8.98 | 12.24 | top 19.9% | 165 / 876 | |
| 5×5 | 2:02.35 | 2:17.13 | top 50.7% | 358 / 863 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 33.01 | 41.48 | top 53.4% | 641 / 1,315 | |
| Megaminx | 2:21.58 | 2:38.34 | top 57.2% | 418 / 874 | |
| 6×6 | 4:17.52 | — | early days — 1 solve | 210 / 316 | |
| 7×7 | 8:00.82 | — | early days — 1 solve | 214 / 260 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 23 Sep 2023Three personal bests in one day at Gan Open 2023.
- 2 Sep 2023Four personal bests in one day at Bilbao Open 2023.
- 6 May 2023Three personal bests in one day at Erandio TxikiOpen 2023.
- 25 Mar 2023Three personal bests in one day at Bayonne Atoutcubes Open 2023.
- 4 Mar 2023Three personal bests in one day at Iruña Open 2023.
- 25 Feb 2023Three personal bests in one day at Amore Open 2023.
Competitions
- Logroño Open 2024 · 14 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024 · 25 Jul 2024
- Bayonne Atoutcubes Open 2024 · 20 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Amore Open 2024 · 17 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Jesuitinas Txantrea Open 2024 · 20 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Basauri Open 2023 · 3 Nov 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- La Perrera Udazkena Open 2023 · 7 Oct 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Gan Open 2023 · 23 Sep 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Bilbao Open 2023 · 2 Sep 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Portugalete Open 2023 · 19 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Erandio TxikiOpen 2023 · 6 May 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Bayonne Atoutcubes Open 2023 · 25 Mar 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Iruña Open 2023 · 4 Mar 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Amore Open 2023 · 25 Feb 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Legazpi Open 2022 · 17 Dec 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Jesuitinas Txantrea Open 2022 · 5 Nov 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Esprit Cube Open Bayonne 2022 · 15 Oct 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Bilbao Open 2022 · 3 Sep 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Parla Open 2022 · 9 Jul 2022 — 6 personal bests set
- Bayonne Atoutcubes Open 2022 · 9 Apr 2022 — 1 personal best 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.
- Rubén López de Juan — met in 142 rounds, finished ahead 31 times
- Alejandro Nicolay — met in 139 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
- Jorge Orrite De Alba — met in 117 rounds, finished ahead 54 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.09 away.
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.08 away.
Targets move as he improves.