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Cristian Saltos Diaz

Skewb · top 7.3% of 73,281 all-time · competing since November 2016 · 2016DIAZ19

Cristian Saltos Diaz has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 3.43, set at Bilbao Open 2022, puts him in the top 7.3% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 207th in Spain. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since November 2016, he has put 377 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 94% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.87 in November 2016 to 12.51, a 43% improvement. Cristian has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 7.3% of 73,281 all-time
3.43
signature single · Bilbao Open 2022
377
official solves on the record
16%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 94% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSpain
Skewb3.435.53
top 7.3%207 / 1,685
Pyraminx4.427.72
top 9.8%318 / 2,865
2×22.844.08
top 12.4%487 / 3,845
3×312.5116.16
top 15.7%630 / 5,141
4×41:00.281:14.58
top 36.7%541 / 1,762
3×3 one-handed48.3355.68
top 75.2%926 / 1,315

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

Basauri Open 2016: 21.87Plentzia Open 2017: 17.10Basauri Open 2017: 17.38Euskadi Open Portugalete 2018: 14.39Bilbao Open 2018: 15.70Basauri Open 2018: 15.30Bilbao Open 2019: 13.37Portugalete 700 Open 2022: 15.86Bilbao Open 2022: 12.51Basauri Open 2022: 14.1612.5121.8712 Nov 201626 Nov 2022

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.43 away.
  • A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.42 away.

Targets move as he improves.