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Niko Cortés Sánchez

2×2 · top 3.4% of 189,179 all-time · competing since February 2022 · 2022SANC02

Niko Cortés Sánchez has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.76, set at Pulmapelipäivät 2025, puts him in the top 3.4% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 140th in Spain. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 27 competitions since February 2022, he has put 1,309 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 58% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 2×2 best has come down from 14.53 in February 2022 to 1.76, an 88% improvement. Niko has entered 27 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 3.4% of 189,179 all-time
1.76
signature single · Pulmapelipäivät 2025
1,309
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 58% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSpain
2×21.763.08
top 3.4%140 / 3,897
Pyraminx3.446.20
top 5.2%171 / 2,901
3×310.9513.23
top 10.4%426 / 5,202
Clock7.147.95
top 11.4%91 / 891
Skewb4.195.51
top 12.3%320 / 1,699
4×448.9158.94
top 23.4%336 / 1,778
Square-119.7423.72
top 27.5%153 / 610
3×3 one-handed23.6327.71
top 30.5%337 / 1,335
Megaminx1:39.631:46.43
top 34.5%235 / 889
5×52:01.822:10.29
top 50.5%364 / 874

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

Tietomaa Open 2022: 14.53Kirkkonummen Kuutionvääntelyt 2022: 6.38Pulmapelipäivät 2022: 8.83Parla Open 2022: 4.62Lazarillo Open 2022: 4.17Finnish Championship 2022: 4.05Kuutiostoren Kuutiokekkerit 2022: 4.01Oulu Open 2022: 3.41Sormet Jäässä Järvenpäässä 2023: 3.75Pulmapelipäivät 2023: 3.47Parla Open 2023: 2.89EuskalCubing La Perrera Open 2023: 3.45Torrelavega Open 2023: 2.56Finnish Championship 2023: 3.12Kuopion Kuutiokemut 2024: 2.89Deutsche Cube Days Helsinki 2024: 2.70Pulmapelipäivät 2024: 4.68Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024: 3.60Helsinki 2024: 2.56Oulu 2025: 3.35Pulmapelipäivät 2025: 1.76Villanueva Open 2025: 1.81Lazarillo Salamanca Open 2025: 2.80Kokkola 2026: 2.49Pulmapelipäivät 2026: 2.47Lazarillo Salamanca Open 2026: 2.661.7614.5312 Feb 20224 Jul 2026

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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 — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.76 away.
  • A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,783 people have one; it is 0.44 away.

Targets move as he improves.