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Nicolás Palacios

2×2 · top 14.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2019 · 2019PALA15

Nicolás Palacios has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.98, set at Comas Speedsolving 2019, puts him in the top 14.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 375th in Peru. Across 3 competitions since August 2019, he has put 59 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.16 in August 2019 to 12.07, a 30% improvement. He has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 14.0% of 186,767 all-time
2.98
signature single · Comas Speedsolving 2019
59
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingPeru
2×22.984.39
top 14.0%375 / 2,419
3×312.0714.34
top 14.1%641 / 4,344
4×457.831:01.84
top 34.1%441 / 844
3×3 one-handed29.8935.60
top 46.4%528 / 812

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

Peru Nationals 2019: 17.16Comas Speedsolving 2019: 14.80La Tienda Cubera Christmas 2019: 12.0712.0717.1616 Aug 201921 Dec 2019

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.98 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.07 away.

Targets move as he improves.