People · Canada
Nicolas Pacheco-Palacios
Pyraminx · top 12.5% of 129,321 all-time · competing since October 2023 · 2023PACH09
Nicolas Pacheco-Palacios has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 4.89, set at Pickering Favourites Summer 2026, puts him in the top 12.5% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 473rd in Canada. Across 8 competitions since October 2023, he has put 147 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.58 in October 2023 to 13.74, a 50% 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 | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 4.89 | 7.86 | top 12.5% | 473 / 4,858 | |
| 3×3 | 13.74 | 15.51 | top 20.1% | 1,900 / 10,392 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.74 | 24.85 | top 28.1% | 613 / 2,620 | |
| 2×2 | 4.15 | 5.40 | top 28.4% | 1,933 / 7,173 | |
| 4×4 | 57.02 | 1:03.00 | top 33.1% | 875 / 3,118 | |
| Clock | 12.35 | 14.15 | top 36.7% | 328 / 1,029 | |
| 5×5 | 1:49.49 | 2:04.22 | top 42.2% | 534 / 1,499 | |
| Skewb | 9.38 | 11.51 | top 51.0% | 1,392 / 2,907 | |
| Megaminx | 2:34.57 | — | early days — 2 solves | 764 / 1,375 | |
| Square-1 | 43.84 | 1:09.98 | top 69.8% | 646 / 952 | |
| 6×6 | 4:33.82 | — | early days — 1 solve | 446 / 665 |
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
- 14 Jun 2026Three personal bests in one day at Pickering Favourites Summer 2026.
- 31 Jan 2026Three personal bests in one day at Pickering NxNxN Winter 2026.
- 29 Nov 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.23 at Waterloo Fall 2025.
- 19 Oct 2024First sub-20 3×3: 19.96 at Kitchener Mini Morning 2024.
- 16 Dec 2023Five personal bests in one day at Waterloo Favourites Autumn 2023.
- 1 Oct 2023First competition: Waterloo Favourites Fall 2023. A 27.58 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Pickering Favourites Summer 2026 · 14 Jun 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Waterloo Spring 2026 · 30 May 2026
- Pickering NxNxN Winter 2026 · 31 Jan 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Waterloo Fall 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Please Be Quiet Waterloo 2025 · 11 Oct 2025
- Kitchener Mini Morning 2024 · 19 Oct 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Waterloo Favourites Autumn 2023 · 16 Dec 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Waterloo Favourites Fall 2023 · 1 Oct 2023
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.
- Silvia Zheng — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Jordan Barradas — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Nicholas Patterson — met in 22 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.89 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.74 away.
Targets move as he improves.