People · Uruguay
Damián Méndez
Pyraminx · top 9.0% of 129,321 all-time · competing since July 2018 · 2018MEND21
Damián Méndez has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 4.26, set at Nacionales Uruguayo 2019, puts him in the top 9.0% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 15th in Uruguay. Until September 2006, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since July 2018, he has put 311 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 50% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.46 in July 2018 to 11.99, a 17% improvement. He has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Uruguay | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 4.26 | 7.29 | top 9.0% | 15 / 149 | |
| 3×3 | 11.99 | 15.28 | top 13.9% | 45 / 515 | |
| 2×2 | 3.17 | 5.42 | top 16.3% | 54 / 276 | |
| Megaminx | 1:20.61 | 1:24.48 | top 22.2% | 11 / 43 | |
| 4×4 | 56.75 | 1:02.06 | top 32.8% | 41 / 103 | |
| 5×5 | 2:29.69 | 2:50.16 | top 65.6% | 39 / 56 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 49.60 | — | early days — 2 solves | 75 / 95 | |
| Skewb | 14.83 | 38.32 | top 77.8% | 60 / 79 |
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
- 14 Jul 2018First competition: Montevideo Open 2018. A 18.78 3×3 single to start from.
- 14 Jul 2018First sub-15 3×3: 14.46 at Montevideo Open 2018.
Competitions
- Altavista Side Events 2025 · 26 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- 10th Anniversary Cervantes 2024 · 14 Sep 2024
- Montevideo en Llamas 2022 · 18 Dec 2022 — 1 personal best set
- FING Open 2022 · 27 Aug 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Montevideo Open 2022 · 29 May 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Altavista NxN 2022 · 13 Feb 2022
- Altavista Side Events 2022 · 6 Feb 2022
- Montevideo en Llamas 2021 · 12 Dec 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- Montevideo ReOpen 2021 · 19 Sep 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- Montevideo Bisiesto 2020 · 29 Feb 2020
- Nacionales Uruguayo 2019 · 18 May 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Montevideo Palace 2018 · 22 Sep 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Montevideo Open 2018 · 14 Jul 2018 — 2 personal bests 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.
- Sebastiano Benato — met in 66 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Brian Hambeck — met in 63 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Bruno Lezama — met in 56 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.26 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.99 away.
Targets move as he improves.