People · United States
Cesar Badillo
2×2 · top 14.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2015 · 2015BADI03
Cesar Badillo has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.04, set at Dallas Winter 2015, puts him in the top 14.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,760th in the United States. Across 7 competitions since November 2015, he has put 143 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 91% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.03 in November 2015 to 12.32, a 28% improvement. Cesar has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 3.04 | 5.65 | top 14.7% | 5,760 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 12.32 | 14.80 | top 15.0% | 8,030 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.94 | 10.61 | top 19.5% | 5,215 / 28,708 | |
| 4×4 | 1:03.55 | 1:07.95 | top 40.2% | 6,540 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 2:07.07 | — | top 53.7% | 4,536 / 9,401 | |
| Skewb | 10.63 | 13.02 | top 58.8% | 10,767 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 39.25 | 46.70 | top 64.3% | 9,100 / 15,683 |
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
- 26 Feb 2023First sub-15 3×3: 12.32 at Cedar Park Winter 2023.
- 12 Dec 2015Three personal bests in one day at Dallas Winter 2015.
- 14 Nov 2015First competition: HOOAH SMA 2015. A 17.03 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cube Against Cancer Houston 2026 · 18 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Cube Against Cancer Houston 2025 · 1 Mar 2025
- Cedar Park Winter 2023 · 26 Feb 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Dallas Spring 2016 · 26 Mar 2016 — 1 personal best set
- South East Texas Open 2016 · 2 Jan 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Dallas Winter 2015 · 12 Dec 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- HOOAH SMA 2015 · 14 Nov 2015
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.
- Andres Rodriguez — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Dawson Gonzalez — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead once
- Azhar Virani — met in 18 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.04 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.32 away.
Targets move as he improves.