People · Spain
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.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Spain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.83 | 9.73 | top 2.5% | 104 / 5,141 | |
| 4×4 | 32.84 | 37.00 | top 4.8% | 71 / 1,762 | |
| 2×2 | 2.60 | 3.70 | top 9.9% | 395 / 3,845 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.10 | 22.84 | top 18.1% | 192 / 1,315 | |
| 5×5 | 1:29.39 | 1:39.51 | 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 19 Jul 2025Three personal bests in one day at Vigo Open 2025.
- 29 Jun 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.47 at Vigo Open 2024.
- 19 Aug 2017First competition: Asturias Open 2017. A 13.47 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Compostela Cubing 2026 · 5 Sep 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Vigo Open 2026 · 11 Jul 2026
- Camino de Santiago Open 2026 · 9 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Ruta Cubera: Lalín Open 2026 · 28 Feb 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Lugo Open 2026 · 3 Jan 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Vigo Open 2025 · 19 Jul 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Ruta Cubera: Camino de Santiago Open 2025 · 5 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Vigo Open 2024 · 29 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Asturias Open 2017 · 19 Aug 2017 — 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.
- Ana Iglesias Arias — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead 35 times
- Fernando Lago Díaz — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead 26 times
- Daniel Cabezudo Fernández — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
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.