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Arcadio Soriano Velázquez

3×3 · top 2.5% of 288,433 all-time · competing since May 2017 · 2017VELA04

Arcadio Soriano Velázquez has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.84, set at IT Puebla 2019, puts him in the top 2.5% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 120th in Mexico. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 51 competitions since May 2017, he has put 2,284 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 79% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.07 in May 2017 to 7.84, a 22% improvement. Arcadio has entered 51 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 2.5% of 288,433 all-time
7.84
signature single · IT Puebla 2019
2,284
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 79% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingMexico
3×37.849.56
top 2.5%120 / 4,305
3×3 one-handed12.6616.52
top 3.9%62 / 1,685
Square-18.9312.73
top 4.4%16 / 525
4×432.7340.17
top 4.8%102 / 1,858
Clock6.137.38
top 7.6%58 / 660
5×51:03.541:09.12
top 7.6%80 / 1,012
Pyraminx4.7311.55
top 11.6%292 / 2,014
2×22.763.89
top 11.6%453 / 3,043
Megaminx1:12.121:23.64
top 16.9%196 / 1,063
Skewb4.929.41
top 17.6%276 / 1,176
7×73:30.153:38.70
top 19.8%89 / 476
6×62:19.782:31.91
top 20.5%104 / 510
3×3 Fewest Moves35 moves37.33
top 30.1%65 / 317
3×3 blindfolded8:01.12—
early days — 1 solve238 / 251

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

Tlaxcala Open Clásico 2017: 10.07Return Open 2017: 7.95Tlaxcala Sunshine 2018: 9.40Mexican Championship 2018: 9.26Tula 2018: 9.26IT Puebla 2019: 7.84Side Events Puebla 2019: 9.32NxN Tlaxcala 2019: 8.86Misión México 2019: 8.37Reto Chignahuapan 2019: 8.27Tunas Open 2022: 9.62Fénix México 2022: 8.23Minerva Open 2022: 9.65Cubing Tlaxcala 2023: 9.87Minerva Guadalajara 2023: 10.19IZcube 2023: 8.67Calmecac Tlaxcala 2023: 8.30Zaragoza Open 2023: 8.84Toros Open 2023: 9.65Cronos Querétaro 2023: 9.16Speed Cubing Fest Pachuca 2023: 9.76Volcano in Puebla 2023: 8.70Don't NxN Tlaxcala 2023: 10.04Mexican Championship 2023: 8.58Rubí Guanajuato 2024: 9.65Maxixcatzin Tlaxcala 2024: 9.07Los Fuertes Puebla 2024: 9.30Puebla de Zaragoza Open 2024: 9.15D Amicis Puebla 2024: 8.45Cangrejito Azul Veracruz 2024: 9.84Los Fuertes V2 Puebla 2024: 8.29BUAP: Ingenieros Open 2024: 9.35Mega-Mente Puebla 2025: 9.76444 Puebla 2025: 10.50Todo o Nada - San Andrés Cholula 2025: 10.53Guelaguetza Oaxaca 2025: 8.23Cubing BUAP 2025: 9.68Yollotl Tlaxcala 2025: 9.21Mexican Championship 2025: 9.02Contrarreloj - San Andrés Cholula 2026: 11.25Halcones Tehuacán 2026: 8.32Nawi Tlaxcala 2026: 10.35555 - Puebla 2026: 9.08Tlaxcala Open 10 Aniversario 2026: 9.16Guelaguetza Oaxaca 2026: 9.19Mega-Mente Puebla 2026: 7.887.8411.256 May 201726 Sep 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-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.84 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,239 people have one; it is 0.66 away.

Targets move as he improves.