People · Peru
Nicolas Grados
Pyraminx · top 2.3% of 129,321 all-time · competing since August 2025 · 2025GRAD02
Nicolas Grados has been competing for a year. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.54, set at Speedcubing Huánuco 2026, puts him in the top 2.3% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 32nd in Peru. Until January 2011, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since August 2025, he has put 340 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 85% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.49 in August 2025 to 8.39, a 33% 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 | Peru | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 2.54 | 6.09 | top 2.3% | 32 / 1,366 | |
| 2×2 | 1.77 | 3.23 | top 3.4% | 76 / 2,419 | |
| 3×3 | 8.39 | 10.28 | top 3.5% | 130 / 4,344 | |
| Square-1 | 10.61 | 16.29 | top 7.2% | 14 / 139 | |
| 4×4 | 36.79 | 41.97 | top 8.5% | 107 / 844 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.81 | 18.85 | top 9.8% | 130 / 812 | |
| Skewb | 4.54 | 8.42 | top 14.8% | 106 / 495 | |
| Megaminx | 1:10.07 | 1:13.24 | top 15.6% | 114 / 372 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 4:09.41 | — | early days — 1 solve | 93 / 134 | |
| 5×5 | 3:11.42 | — | early days — 3 solves | 317 / 329 | |
| Clock | 37.56 | 50.68 | top 91.7% | 137 / 139 |
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
- 3 May 2026Three personal bests in one day at Speedcubing Huánuco 2026.
- 21 Mar 2026Three personal bests in one day at PUCP Cubing Festival X 2026.
- 7 Feb 2026Seven personal bests in one day at Speedsolving X Pucallpa 2026.
- 7 Dec 2025First sub-10 3×3: 8.72 at PUCP Cubing Festival VIII 2025.
- 7 Dec 2025Three personal bests in one day at PUCP Cubing Festival VIII 2025.
- 29 Aug 2025First competition: Peru Nationals 2025. A 12.49 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Speedcubing Huánuco 2026 · 3 May 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- PUCP Cubing Festival X 2026 · 21 Mar 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- PUCP Cubing Festival IX 2026 · 7 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Speedsolving X Pucallpa 2026 · 7 Feb 2026 — 7 personal bests set
- Steel's Cubes Lima 2026 · 23 Jan 2026
- PUCP Cubing Festival VIII 2025 · 7 Dec 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- PUCP Cubing Festival VII 2025 · 19 Oct 2025
- Peru Nationals 2025 · 29 Aug 2025
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.
- Piero Alessandro Laguna Obregon — met in 43 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Pedro Giuseppe Garcia Milla — met in 41 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Jose Antonio Cuipal Maguiña — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.54 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.77 away.
Targets move as he improves.