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Nicolas Romero

2×2 · top 2.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2023 · 2023ROME09

Nicolas Romero has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.49, set at Intercolegiado Santander 2025, puts him in the top 2.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 68th in Colombia. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 28 competitions since April 2023, he has put 838 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 86% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 30.73 in April 2023 to 9.45, a 69% improvement. Nicolas has entered 28 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 2.1% of 186,767 all-time
1.49
signature single · Intercolegiado Santander 2025
838
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 86% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingColombia
2×21.493.71
top 2.1%68 / 3,615
Pyraminx3.033.89
top 3.7%80 / 2,395
3×39.4513.04
top 6.0%226 / 5,812
3×3 one-handed24.9231.21
top 34.0%363 / 1,175
4×458.591:05.94
top 34.9%474 / 1,270
Megaminx1:53.432:01.88
top 42.3%296 / 533
3×3 Fewest Moves67 moves—
early days — 1 solve153 / 155

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

San Bernardo al Cubo 2023: 30.73Prenacionales Bucaramanga 2023: 31.42Bucaramanga 2023: 22.24Lebrija 2023: 23.95Regionales Santander 2023: 22.31La Florida 2023: 23.23Bucaramanga CST 2023: 19.55NxN Bucaramanga 2023: 17.13Pocos Cupos Floridablanca 2023: 20.37Terraza360 2024: 17.71Nada Que Ver Bucaramanga 2024: 15.76Colegio Santa Ana al Cubo 2024: 14.20Delacuesta Returns 2024: 15.48Speedcubing Bucaramanga 2024: 15.51Regionales Santander 2024: 12.49Acrópolis Bucaramanga III 2024: 14.94Terraza 360 Xmas 2024: 13.16Acrópolis Bucaramanga 2025: 14.68Intercolegiado Santander 2025: 13.62Nada Que Ver Lebrija 2025: 11.23Speedcubing Bucaramanga 2025: 12.55Regionales Santander 2025: 10.95Cajasan Lagos Open 2025: 11.35MYHM Colombian Nationals Eje Cafetero 2025: 10.63Delacuesta Xmas 2025: 10.61Nada Que Ver Bucaramanga 2026: 12.68Road To SAC Santander 2026: 9.91Delacuesta PRs 2026: 9.459.4531.421 Apr 202317 Aug 2026

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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.49 away.
  • A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.03 away.

Targets move as he improves.