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Diego Lago Mendoza

3×3 · top 2.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2017 · 2017MEND27

Diego Lago Mendoza has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.83, set at Ruta Cubera: Lalín Open 2026, puts him in the top 2.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 104th in Spain. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since August 2017, he has put 227 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 93% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.18 in August 2017 to 7.83, a 23% improvement. Diego has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 2.5% of 284,439 all-time
7.83
signature single · Ruta Cubera: Lalín Open 2026
227
official solves on the record
16%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 93% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSpain
3×37.839.73
top 2.5%104 / 5,141
4×432.8437.00
top 4.8%71 / 1,762
2×22.603.70
top 9.9%395 / 3,845
3×3 one-handed19.1022.84
top 18.1%192 / 1,315
5×51:29.391:39.51
top 26.8%172 / 863

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

Asturias Open 2017: 10.18Vigo Open 2024: 9.47Ruta Cubera: Camino de Santiago Open 2025: 9.42Vigo Open 2025: 8.54Lugo Open 2026: 9.32Ruta Cubera: Lalín Open 2026: 7.83Camino de Santiago Open 2026: 8.21Vigo Open 2026: 10.07Compostela Cubing 2026: 10.117.8310.1819 Aug 20175 Sep 2026

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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.83 away.
  • A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 2.84 away.

Targets move as he improves.