People · Chile
Nicolás Nelson Alcayaga Rivas
3×3 · top 6.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2024 · 2024RIVA01
Nicolás Nelson Alcayaga Rivas has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.76, set at CubiKonce 2024, puts him in the top 6.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 141st in Chile. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since January 2024, he has put 136 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 67% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. He has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Chile | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.76 | 12.11 | top 6.8% | 141 / 2,080 | |
| 2×2 | 2.36 | 4.69 | top 7.6% | 79 / 1,303 | |
| 4×4 | 38.81 | 50.34 | top 10.7% | 74 / 562 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.89 | 33.34 | top 31.2% | 149 / 458 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.45 | 8.91 | top 31.6% | 235 / 871 | |
| 5×5 | 1:38.51 | 1:45.15 | top 34.2% | 113 / 223 | |
| Megaminx | 1:43.99 | 1:47.55 | top 37.1% | 105 / 196 |
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
- 20 Jan 2024First competition: CubiKonce 2024. A 9.76 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- UTA al Cubo 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- MorrOpen 2025 · 23 Feb 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Nacionales Chilenas 2025 · 7 Feb 2025
- CubiKonce 2024 · 20 Jan 2024
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.
- José Antonio Gaete — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Dante Navarro Vera — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead once
- Bruno Eduardo Alarcón Coloma — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.76 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.36 away.
Targets move as he improves.