People · Venezuela
Carlos Bustamante
Megaminx · top 10.7% of 35,351 all-time · competing since March 2025 · 2025PINT01
Carlos Bustamante has been competing for a year. His best event is the Megaminx: a personal-best single of 1:01.16, set at Road to Nats Caracas II 2026, puts him in the top 10.7% of the 35,351 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 11th in Venezuela. Across 11 competitions since March 2025, he has put 165 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 66% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.99 in March 2025 to 11.93, a 30% improvement. Carlos has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Venezuela | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Megaminx | 1:01.16 | 1:12.51 | top 10.7% | 11 / 116 | |
| 3×3 | 11.93 | 13.34 | top 13.7% | 133 / 1,022 | |
| 5×5 | 1:22.48 | 1:39.41 | top 21.2% | 21 / 112 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.55 | 26.26 | top 33.1% | 87 / 272 | |
| 2×2 | 7.12 | 7.32 | top 61.4% | 347 / 565 | |
| 6×6 | 4:09.22 | — | early days — 2 solves | 30 / 47 |
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
- 6 Apr 2025First sub-15 3×3: 13.71 at Cubeando en el Tolón 2025.
- 9 Mar 2025First competition: Plaza Las Americas II CCS 2025. A 19.39 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Road to Nats Caracas II 2026 · 10 Oct 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Road to Nats Caracas 2026 · 20 Sep 2026
- WCA South American Championship FMC 2026 · 31 May 2026
- Infinity Cube Caracas 2025 · 23 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Venezuela Nationals 2025 · 26 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Road to Nats Caracas II 2025 · 30 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Road to Nats Caracas 2025 · 17 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- CubeSpot Caracas 2025 · 21 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- CFOP Plaza las Américas II 2025 · 4 May 2025
- Cubeando en el Tolón 2025 · 6 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Plaza Las Americas II CCS 2025 · 9 Mar 2025 — 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.
- Fabián Villavicencio — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Leandro Paredes — met in 36 rounds, never finished ahead
- Luis Felipe Palacios Peña — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-1:00 Megaminx single — 3,558 people have one; it is 1.16 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 1.93 away.
Targets move as he improves.