People · Chile
Bastián Palma Rodríguez
3×3 · top 2.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2018 · 2018RODR49
Bastián Palma Rodríguez has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.01, set at CubiTomé 2024, puts him in the top 2.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 48th in Chile. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since August 2018, he has put 526 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 84% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.22 in August 2018 to 8.01, a 34% improvement. He has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Chile | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.01 | 10.44 | top 2.8% | 48 / 2,080 | |
| 4×4 | 33.07 | 36.28 | top 5.0% | 35 / 562 | |
| 2×2 | 2.43 | 4.33 | top 8.2% | 86 / 1,303 | |
| 5×5 | 1:06.16 | 1:12.84 | top 9.1% | 24 / 223 | |
| 6×6 | 2:11.74 | 2:23.09 | top 16.1% | 20 / 97 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.15 | 26.78 | top 20.9% | 99 / 458 | |
| 7×7 | 3:37.90 | 3:50.26 | top 22.7% | 23 / 76 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.78 | 11.02 | top 34.4% | 255 / 871 | |
| Megaminx | 1:39.69 | 1:43.66 | top 34.5% | 99 / 196 | |
| Square-1 | 24.44 | 30.32 | top 37.9% | 81 / 176 |
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
- 28 Apr 2024Four personal bests in one day at CubiTomé 2024.
- 28 May 2022Three personal bests in one day at Chillan CDP 2022.
- 23 Oct 2021First sub-10 3×3: 9.42 at Chile Comeback - Chillán Open 2021.
- 7 Mar 2020Three personal bests in one day at Cubopía Open 2020.
- 5 Jan 2019Seven personal bests in one day at CubiKonce 2019.
- 18 Aug 2018First competition: Los Ángeles Invierno 2018. A 13.37 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- CubiTomé 2026 · 10 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Nacionales Chilenas 2025 · 7 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cubikonce Spring 2024 · 19 Oct 2024
- Concepción al Cubo V2 2024 · 25 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- CubiTomé 2024 · 28 Apr 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- CubiKonce 2024 · 20 Jan 2024
- Concepción al Cubo 2023 · 4 Nov 2023
- Chillan CDP 2022 · 28 May 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Chile Comeback - Chillán Open 2021 · 23 Oct 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubopía Open 2020 · 7 Mar 2020 — 3 personal bests set
- Los Ángeles al Cubo 2019 · 10 Aug 2019
- Chillán Open 2019 · 4 May 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- CubiKonce 2019 · 5 Jan 2019 — 7 personal bests set
- Los Ángeles Invierno 2018 · 18 Aug 2018 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Felipe Medel — met in 102 rounds, never finished ahead
- Cristóbal Opazo Bravo — met in 80 rounds, finished ahead 38 times
- Rodrigo Cabezas — met in 76 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.01 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 3.07 away.
Targets move as he improves.