People · Peru
Nicolas Grados
Pyraminx · top 2.3% of 130,891 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 130,891 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 9 competitions since August 2025, he has put 426 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 87% of the 36,406 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 8.00, a 36% improvement. Nicolas has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% 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 / 1,371 | |
| 3×3 | 8.00 | 10.28 | top 2.8% | 100 / 4,362 | |
| 2×2 | 1.77 | 3.23 | top 3.5% | 76 / 2,429 | |
| Square-1 | 9.26 | 11.67 | top 4.9% | 10 / 141 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 13.56 | 17.02 | top 5.4% | 68 / 821 | |
| 4×4 | 34.96 | 40.33 | top 6.7% | 79 / 850 | |
| Megaminx | 1:04.19 | 1:07.94 | top 12.2% | 87 / 373 | |
| Skewb | 4.54 | 8.42 | top 14.8% | 112 / 497 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:39.35 | — | early days — 2 solves | 35 / 134 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 43 moves | — | early days — 2 solves | 53 / 79 | |
| 5×5 | 3:11.42 | — | early days — 3 solves | 322 / 334 | |
| 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
- 9 Oct 2026Eight personal bests in one day at Peru Nationals 2026.
- 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.
Competitions
- Peru Nationals 2026 · 9 Oct 2026 — 8 personal bests set
- 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 55 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
- Jose Antonio Cuipal Maguiña — met in 50 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Matheo Villafane — met in 45 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,497 people have one; it is 0.54 away.
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 2.00 away.
Targets move as he improves.