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Carlos Romero
2×2 · top 7.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2025 · 2025ROME18
Carlos Romero has been competing for 10 months. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.29, set at San Antonio Fall 2025, puts him in the top 7.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,756th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since October 2025, he has put 61 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. Carlos has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.29 | 4.92 | top 7.0% | 2,756 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 16.09 | 18.04 | top 28.1% | 15,374 / 59,724 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 45.45 | 53.58 | top 72.1% | 10,388 / 15,683 | |
| Pyraminx | 13.07 | 18.36 | top 73.3% | 21,725 / 28,708 | |
| 4×4 | 2:08.72 | — | early days — 1 solve | 16,091 / 19,072 |
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
- 25 Oct 2025First competition: San Antonio Fall 2025. A 16.80 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Round Rock Splash & Solve 2026 · 4 Apr 2026
- San Antonio Fall 2025 · 25 Oct 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.
- Michael Conard — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Lucas Wood — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead once
- Azhar Virani — met in 13 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.29 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.09 away.
Targets move as he improves.