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Nicolas Paolo Madrid Valdes

3×3 · top 54.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2023 · 2023VALD10

Nicolas Paolo Madrid Valdes has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 25.90, set at Olimpiadas de la Mente - Santiago 2024, puts him in the top 54.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,177th in Chile. Across 4 competitions since July 2023, he has put 35 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 54.66 in July 2023 to 25.90, a 53% improvement. Nicolas has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 54.5% of 284,439 all-time
25.90
signature single · Olimpiadas de la Mente - Santiago 2024
35
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChile
3×325.9032.56
top 54.5%1,177 / 2,080
2×29.3713.56
top 75.3%1,000 / 1,303
Pyraminx15.76
early days — 2 solves711 / 871

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

Machalí Open 2023: 54.66Montealegre Winter Open 2023: 46.69Olimpiadas de la Mente - Santiago 2024: 25.90Viña Newcomers Open 2025: 32.2625.9054.6622 Jul 20232 Mar 2025

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-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 0.90 away.
  • A sub-8 2×2 single — 126,624 people have one; it is 1.37 away.

Targets move as he improves.