People · Brazil
Nicollas Valentim Rodrigues Lima
Pyraminx · top 8.8% of 130,891 all-time · competing since April 2024 · 2024LIMA12
Nicollas Valentim Rodrigues Lima has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 4.23, set at Mini Recife Open 2025, puts him in the top 8.8% of the 130,891 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 213th in Brazil. Until September 2006, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since April 2024, he has put 167 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 18% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 13.38 in April 2024 to 2.71, an 80% improvement. Nicollas has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Brazil | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 4.23 | 6.57 | top 8.8% | 213 / 3,311 | |
| 2×2 | 2.71 | 4.49 | top 11.1% | 381 / 5,285 | |
| 3×3 | 11.62 | 16.47 | top 12.6% | 688 / 9,942 | |
| Skewb | 5.86 | 8.57 | top 24.7% | 318 / 1,493 | |
| 4×4 | 1:35.83 | 1:42.75 | top 67.9% | 1,090 / 1,884 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 41.85 | 1:03.52 | top 67.9% | 1,215 / 2,045 | |
| Square-1 | 1:11.24 | — | early days — 1 solve | 575 / 656 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 2 Aug 2025Three personal bests in one day at Mini Recife Open 2025.
- 25 Jan 2025First sub-15 3×3: 11.62 at VI Recife Open 2025.
- 25 Jan 2025Five personal bests in one day at VI Recife Open 2025.
- 28 Sep 2024First sub-20 3×3: 17.04 at V Recife Open 2024.
- 28 Sep 2024Four personal bests in one day at V Recife Open 2024.
- 13 Apr 2024First competition: IV Recife Open 2024. A 24.36 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- II Mini Recife Open 2026 · 12 Sep 2026
- VII Recife Open 2026 · 17 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Mini Recife Open 2025 · 2 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- VI Recife Open 2025 · 25 Jan 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- V Recife Open 2024 · 28 Sep 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- IV Recife Open 2024 · 13 Apr 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.
- Isaac Luiz Oliveira Duarte Barbosa — met in 38 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Arthur Vinicios Medeiros Alves — met in 36 rounds, never finished ahead
- Gabriel J. Moura — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead 19 times
Next targets
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 10,050 people have one; it is 0.23 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.71 away.
Targets move as he improves.