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Ángel Careaga

Skewb · top 1.1% of 73,281 all-time · competing since October 2022 · 2022MORE11

Ángel Careaga has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 1.90, set at Iglú Open Tijuana 2024, puts him in the top 1.1% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 16th in Mexico. Until December 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 27 competitions since October 2022, he has put 1,280 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 64% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 9.97 in October 2022 to 8.02, a 20% improvement. He has entered 27 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 1.1% of 73,281 all-time
1.90
signature single · Iglú Open Tijuana 2024
1,280
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 64% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingMexico
Skewb1.903.77
top 1.1%16 / 1,157
3×38.0210.07
top 2.8%135 / 4,263
2×21.654.21
top 2.8%97 / 3,018
4×432.5838.37
top 4.6%97 / 1,845
3×3 one-handed14.5816.93
top 7.2%128 / 1,672
5×51:03.321:09.88
top 7.4%78 / 1,010
6×62:08.622:23.31
top 14.7%67 / 510
Pyraminx6.039.59
top 20.2%498 / 2,003
7×73:35.113:51.54
top 21.5%101 / 472
Megaminx1:22.301:33.29
top 23.3%258 / 1,042
3×3 Fewest Moves38 moves—
early days — 2 solves110 / 317
Clock13.4617.43
top 41.6%293 / 652
Square-127.0134.86
top 43.5%208 / 516

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

Speedcube Baja Open 2022: 9.97Jaguar Open 2023: 10.62Baja Spring 2023: 10.06Jaguar Open V2 2023: 9.52Búfalo Open 2023: 9.31Speedcube Baja Open 2023: 9.11Ice Cube Tijuana Open 2023: 9.05Baja Spring 2024: 10.09Mexicali Rose 2024: 9.81Pocos Cupos Tijuana 2024: 9.85Baja Favorites 2024: 8.63Iglú Open Tijuana 2024: 9.60Speedcube Baja Open 2024: 9.43Sendero Tijuana 2024: 9.80El Centinela Mexicali 2024: 9.73CETis 156 Broncos 2025: 9.49Baja Spring 2025: 9.57McBaja 2025: 8.60McBaja II 2025: 9.95OH Madness Baja 2025: 8.19Baja Warm Up I 2025: 9.12SpeedCube Baja Open 2025: 8.56McBaja III 2025: 8.95Sendero Tijuana 2025: 8.02McBaja II 2026: 8.098.0210.6215 Oct 20225 Apr 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 Skewb single — 35 people have one; it is 0.90 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.02 away.

Targets move as he improves.