People · Mexico
Ariel Eduardo Cruz Martínez
3×3 · top 0.39% of 288,433 all-time · competing since April 2023 · 2023MART39
Ariel Eduardo Cruz Martínez has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 5.83, set at Cubeando en el Río Guadalajara 2026, puts him in the top 0.39% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 10th in Mexico. Until June 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since April 2023, he has put 381 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 72% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.91 in April 2023 to 5.83, a 47% improvement. Ariel has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Mexico | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 5.83 | 8.25 | top 0.39% | 10 / 4,305 | |
| 2×2 | 1.27 | 2.87 | top 1.3% | 35 / 3,043 | |
| 4×4 | 29.14 | 33.61 | top 2.4% | 43 / 1,858 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.26 | 5.26 | top 4.5% | 111 / 2,014 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 14.93 | 18.08 | top 8.1% | 140 / 1,685 | |
| Megaminx | 1:11.21 | 1:24.18 | top 16.4% | 185 / 1,063 | |
| Skewb | 6.13 | 7.91 | top 26.8% | 397 / 1,176 | |
| 5×5 | 1:38.75 | 2:01.89 | top 34.5% | 390 / 1,012 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 46 moves | 55.33 | early days — 3 solves | 192 / 317 | |
| Clock | 26.32 | 33.83 | top 79.0% | 528 / 660 |
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
- 1 Aug 2025Seven personal bests in one day at Minerva Zapopan 2025.
- 14 Dec 2023Five personal bests in one day at Mexican Championship 2023.
- 23 Sep 2023First sub-10 3×3: 7.75 at CICEJ Guadalajara 2023.
- 23 Sep 2023Four personal bests in one day at CICEJ Guadalajara 2023.
- 1 Apr 2023First competition: Minerva Guadalajara 2023. A 10.91 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cubeando en el Río Guadalajara 2026 · 3 Oct 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Minerva Zapopan 2026 · 1 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- CUAAD Huentitán Open 2025 · 25 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Minerva Zapopan 2025 · 1 Aug 2025 — 7 personal bests set
- Cubo Azul Guadalajara 2025 · 21 Jun 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- CUCEI Open 2024 · 8 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Mexican Championship 2023 · 14 Dec 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- CICEJ Guadalajara 2023 · 23 Sep 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Minerva Guadalajara 2023 · 1 Apr 2023
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.
- Eduardo Daniel Perez Miramontes — met in 77 rounds, finished ahead 21 times
- Saul Emmanuel Ramirez Gonzalez — met in 74 rounds, finished ahead 29 times
- Mauricio Lomelí — met in 68 rounds, finished ahead 42 times
Next targets
- A sub-5 3×3 single — 355 people have one; it is 0.83 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.27 away.
Targets move as he improves.