People · El Salvador
Dennis Bolaños
Skewb · top 4.1% of 73,281 all-time · competing since October 2017 · 2017BOLA03
Dennis Bolaños has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 2.81, set at Happy Cubing Acton 2021, puts him in the top 4.1% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3rd in El Salvador. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 24 competitions since October 2017, he has put 650 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 67% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 30.18 in October 2017 to 11.07, a 63% improvement. Dennis has entered 24 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | El Salvador | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 2.81 | 5.03 | top 4.1% | 3 / 73 | |
| 2×2 | 2.48 | 5.16 | top 8.7% | 14 / 248 | |
| 3×3 | 11.07 | 13.79 | top 10.7% | 30 / 351 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.65 | 23.62 | top 19.6% | 12 / 98 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.29 | 9.05 | top 22.1% | 29 / 161 | |
| 4×4 | 52.72 | 59.31 | top 28.0% | 28 / 100 | |
| 5×5 | 2:25.69 | — | top 63.8% | 34 / 58 |
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
- 11 Dec 2022Four personal bests in one day at El CUBO Tour San Miguel 2022.
- 27 Jun 2021Three personal bests in one day at Happy Cubing Acton 2021.
- 4 Aug 2019First sub-15 3×3: 14.22 at Sucursal Del Cielo 2019.
- 4 Aug 2019Four personal bests in one day at Sucursal Del Cielo 2019.
- 17 Mar 2019Three personal bests in one day at Tecla Cube Open 2019.
- 27 Oct 2018Three personal bests in one day at Nacionales El Salvador 2018.
Competitions
- Cubing Acton El Salvador 2026 · 9 Aug 2026
- Défi à l'Alliance Française El Salvador 2026 · 27 Jun 2026
- Cubeando en El Cubo Z 2026 · 1 Mar 2026
- Nacionales El Salvador 2025 · 19 Dec 2025
- El CUBO Tour Santa Ana 2023 · 21 May 2023
- Desafío de Memoria en el MUPI 2023 · 21 Jan 2023
- El CUBO Tour San Miguel 2022 · 11 Dec 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- El CUBO Tour Zacamil 2022 · 26 Nov 2022
- Cubeando en El Cubo Z 2022 · 18 Sep 2022
- El Palmar Cubing Fest 2022 · 24 Jul 2022
- Santa Ana Open 2022 · 13 Feb 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Happy Cubing Acton Fall 2021 · 27 Nov 2021
- Happy Cubing Acton 2021 · 27 Jun 2021 — 3 personal bests set
- Santa Tecla NxN 2021 · 25 Apr 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing Cafetalon Recargado 2020 · 13 Dec 2020 — 1 personal best set
- Nacionales El Salvador 2019 · 30 Nov 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Sucursal Del Cielo 2019 · 4 Aug 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Copa Lamatepec 2019 · 6 Apr 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Tecla Cube Open 2019 · 17 Mar 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Nacionales El Salvador 2018 · 27 Oct 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- CONIA Internacional 2018 · 29 Sep 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Santa Ana Open 2018 · 16 Jun 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Santa Tecla Cubo Desafio 2018 · 21 Jan 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Happy Cubing El Salvador 2017 · 29 Oct 2017
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.
- Luis Alonso Inestroza Henriquez — met in 123 rounds, finished ahead 64 times
- David Gálvez — met in 116 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Edgardo Gálvez — met in 108 rounds, finished ahead 63 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.81 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.48 away.
Targets move as he improves.