People · United States
Anthony Montes
4×4 · top 4.4% of 85,040 all-time · competing since May 2018 · 2018MONT20
Anthony Montes has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 32.20, set at Mudd Winter 2020, puts him in the top 4.4% of the 85,040 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 703rd in the United States. Until November 2010, no official 4×4 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since May 2018, he has put 345 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 87% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.99 in May 2018 to 8.95, a 44% improvement. Anthony has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4×4 | 32.20 | 36.26 | top 4.4% | 703 / 19,354 | |
| 3×3 | 8.95 | 10.10 | top 4.8% | 2,718 / 60,666 | |
| Skewb | 3.77 | 4.49 | top 9.4% | 1,467 / 19,164 | |
| 2×2 | 2.69 | 4.19 | top 10.9% | 4,343 / 41,674 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.75 | 8.54 | top 18.2% | 4,916 / 29,168 | |
| 5×5 | 1:20.95 | 1:31.92 | top 20.0% | 1,586 / 9,537 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.11 | 23.08 | top 20.8% | 2,694 / 15,900 | |
| 6×6 | 3:55.37 | 4:19.74 | early days — 3 solves | 2,510 / 4,262 | |
| Square-1 | 49.37 | 1:08.69 | top 75.6% | 5,061 / 6,846 | |
| Megaminx | 3:07.97 | — | early days — 2 solves | 6,178 / 8,026 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 9:46.32 | — | early days — 1 solve | 2,100 / 2,128 |
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
- 22 Feb 2020Five personal bests in one day at Mudd Winter 2020.
- 31 Aug 2019Four personal bests in one day at San Diego Summer 2019.
- 22 Jun 2019Five personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Western Championship 2019.
- 27 Apr 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.93 at West LA Spring 2019.
- 18 Aug 2018First sub-15 3×3: 12.10 at Nisei Week 2018.
- 19 May 2018First competition: A Bruin Cube Day 2018. A 15.99 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Temecula Valley Back To School 2026 · 22 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Agoura Summer 2026 · 20 Jun 2026
- Westerns Warmup Riverside A 2026 · 16 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Mudd Winter 2020 · 22 Feb 2020 — 5 personal bests set
- West LA Winter 2020 · 25 Jan 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- UCSD Winter 2020 · 18 Jan 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- San Diego Summer 2019 · 31 Aug 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Nisei Week 2019 · 17 Aug 2019 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Western Championship 2019 · 22 Jun 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Anaheim Qualifier 2019 · 25 May 2019 — 1 personal best set
- West LA Spring 2019 · 27 Apr 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Mudd Winter 2019 · 2 Feb 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Another Bruin Cube Day 2019 · 12 Jan 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Nisei Week 2018 · 18 Aug 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Newport Summer 2018 · 23 Jun 2018 — 1 personal best set
- A Bruin Cube Day 2018 · 19 May 2018
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.
- Elijah Brown — met in 60 rounds, finished ahead once
- Jack Flynn Stewart — met in 55 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
- Michael Young — met in 54 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
Next targets
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,465 people have one; it is 2.20 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.95 away.
Targets move as he improves.