People · United States
Nikolas Castillo
2×2 · top 1.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since December 2022 · 2022CAST44
Nikolas Castillo has been competing for 4 years. Their best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.41, set at Newark's On Track 2023, puts them in the top 1.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 705th in the United States. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since December 2022, they have put 386 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, their 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 68% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Their 3×3 best has come down from 21.22 in December 2022 to 8.34, a 61% improvement. Nikolas has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.41 | 3.31 | top 1.8% | 705 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 8.34 | 9.59 | top 3.4% | 1,929 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 37.65 | 44.71 | top 9.4% | 1,403 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.87 | 18.28 | top 9.9% | 1,318 / 15,683 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.91 | 9.32 | top 19.3% | 5,145 / 28,708 | |
| Square-1 | 16.89 | 19.94 | top 20.7% | 1,392 / 6,743 | |
| 5×5 | 1:38.07 | 1:44.42 | top 33.9% | 2,693 / 9,401 | |
| Clock | 11.99 | 14.47 | top 34.9% | 2,761 / 8,927 | |
| Skewb | 9.04 | 16.95 | top 48.7% | 8,698 / 18,907 |
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, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 14 Aug 2026Six personal bests in one day at Mid-Atlantic Speedcubing Championship 2026.
- 20 Jun 2026Four personal bests in one day at NAC Prep in Palisades 2026.
- 27 Jan 2024Three personal bests in one day at Parsippany Mini AM 2024.
- 18 Nov 2023First sub-10 3×3: 8.88 at Princeton Fall 2023.
- 21 May 2023First sub-15 3×3: 12.57 at North Jersey Speedsolving B 2023.
- 21 May 2023Five personal bests in one day at North Jersey Speedsolving B 2023.
Competitions
- Mid-Atlantic Speedcubing Championship 2026 · 14 Aug 2026 — 6 personal bests set
- NAC Prep in Palisades 2026 · 20 Jun 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- NYU Spring 2026 · 5 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- NYU Spring 2025 · 13 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Parsippany Mini AM 2024 · 27 Jan 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- GCU Winter 2024 · 13 Jan 2024
- Manhattan Mini D 2023 · 10 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Princeton Fall 2023 · 18 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Empire State Fall Favorites 2023 · 14 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Newark's On Track 2023 · 26 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Westport Warmup 2023 · 15 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- North Jersey Speedsolving B 2023 · 21 May 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- South Jersey Speedsolving 2023 · 22 Apr 2023
- Pretzel Mania 2023 · 25 Feb 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- New York Yopen 2022 · 3 Dec 2022
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 their.
- Ayden Dincher — met in 61 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ishan Donavalli — met in 58 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Shaun Mack — met in 49 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.41 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.34 away.
Targets move as they improves.