People · Colombia
Nicolas García Estrada
2×2 · top 5.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since June 2022 · 2022ESTR05
Nicolas García Estrada has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.09, set at Avenida Chile XXII 2025, puts him in the top 5.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 174th in Colombia. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since June 2022, he has put 179 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 92% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 30.36 in June 2022 to 11.33, a 63% improvement. Nicolas has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Colombia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.09 | 5.71 | top 5.4% | 174 / 3,615 | |
| 3×3 | 11.33 | 14.89 | top 11.5% | 475 / 5,812 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.44 | 7.55 | top 16.1% | 349 / 2,395 | |
| Megaminx | 1:26.64 | 1:33.65 | top 26.0% | 182 / 533 | |
| Skewb | 6.57 | 9.25 | top 30.3% | 353 / 1,065 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 41.26 | — | early days — 3 solves | 798 / 1,175 |
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
- 1 Jun 2025Four personal bests in one day at Plaza Madero Chía V 2025.
- 18 May 2025Four personal bests in one day at Avenida Chile XXII 2025.
- 29 Apr 2023First sub-20 3×3: 16.92 at Bibliopen Cali 2023.
- 29 Apr 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.03 at Bibliopen Cali 2023.
- 29 Apr 2023Four personal bests in one day at Bibliopen Cali 2023.
- 31 Jul 2022First sub-30 3×3: 24.78 at Cosmocentro 2022.
Competitions
- Titan Plaza Bogotá 2025 · 3 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Plaza Madero Chía V 2025 · 1 Jun 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Avenida Chile XXII 2025 · 18 May 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Salitre al Cubo Bogotá 2025 · 4 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Belalcázar 2023 · 6 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Bibliopen Cali 2023 · 29 Apr 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Cosmocentro 2022 · 31 Jul 2022 — 1 personal best set
- UNAC Medellín 2022 · 26 Jun 2022
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 28 rounds, finished ahead once
- Eduard Esteban García Domínguez — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead once
- Manuel Francisco Beltrán — met in 23 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.09 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.33 away.
Targets move as he improves.