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Andres Sanchez Ponce

2×2 · top 1.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2018 · 2018PONC02

Andres Sanchez Ponce has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.43, set at Back To Cubing Chiriquí 2022, puts him in the top 1.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2nd in Costa Rica. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 29 competitions since March 2018, he has put 1,513 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 66% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.33 in March 2018 to 8.39, a 71% improvement. Andres has entered 29 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 1.9% of 186,767 all-time
1.43
signature single · Back To Cubing Chiriquí 2022
1,513
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 66% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingCosta Rica
2×21.432.67
top 1.9%2 / 307
Skewb2.494.35
top 2.8%4 / 133
3×38.399.29
top 3.5%17 / 367
Megaminx47.4458.46
top 4.0%5 / 82
4×432.2337.70
top 4.4%7 / 130
Pyraminx3.995.57
top 7.6%20 / 225
Square-111.0915.40
top 8.2%5 / 52
5×51:08.711:16.25
top 10.7%10 / 75
3×3 one-handed16.5621.56
top 11.5%18 / 135
Clock8.2712.49
top 16.5%3 / 19
6×62:28.862:33.79
top 25.0%10 / 30
3×3 Fewest Moves36 moves—
top 33.6%4 / 14
7×74:55.87—
top 49.4%14 / 22
3×3 blindfolded8:21.08—
early days — 1 solve14 / 14

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

Bekubes Open 2018: 29.33Costa Rica Nationals 2018: 22.92Cubing Chiriquí 2018: 16.48Bekubes Gold 2019: 15.47Cubing Heredia 2019: 13.49Grecia Open 2019: 14.02Back To Cubing Chiriquí 2022: 9.12Costa Rica Regresa V2 2022: 10.17Bekubes Paseo San Luis 2022: 10.90VID Cubing 2022: 9.45Cubing Universal San Jose 2022: 12.15Panama Nationals 2022: 8.87Cubing USMA 2023: 9.42VID Cubing 2023: 8.39Cube Factory Masters Desamparados 2023: 9.03Infinity Play Heredia 2023: 8.83Panama Nationals 2023: 9.89Grace Cubing Cedros 2023: 10.30Costa Rican Championship 2023: 8.61Cubing Revival Terramall SD 2024: 9.42Newcomers Costa Rica 2024: 9.80VID Cubing Hatillo 2024: 11.64Cubing Plaza Real Alajuela 2024: 9.96Panama Nationals 2024: 9.69Golden Valley Open Heredia 2024: 9.61Nacionales Guatemala 2024: 9.21Conta Cubes Cartago 2025: 9.26Gravilias Open 2025: 9.64Panama Nationals 2025: 9.288.3929.3324 Mar 20188 Nov 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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.43 away.
  • A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.49 away.

Targets move as he improves.