People · United States
Diego Montes
3×3 · top 6.4% of 288,433 all-time · competing since April 2016 · 2016MONT05
Diego Montes has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.61, set at CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2024, puts him in the top 6.4% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,612th in the United States. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since April 2016, he has put 306 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 57% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.05 in April 2016 to 9.61, a 56% improvement. Diego has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.61 | 10.61 | top 6.4% | 3,612 / 60,666 | |
| 4×4 | 37.98 | 41.87 | top 9.8% | 1,492 / 19,354 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.02 | 25.46 | top 10.3% | 1,386 / 15,900 | |
| Megaminx | 1:06.43 | 1:15.74 | top 13.7% | 944 / 8,026 | |
| 5×5 | 1:13.04 | 1:18.91 | top 13.9% | 1,079 / 9,537 | |
| 6×6 | 2:11.76 | 2:23.80 | top 16.3% | 586 / 4,262 | |
| 7×7 | 3:20.70 | 3:28.49 | top 16.5% | 468 / 3,236 | |
| 2×2 | 3.43 | 4.68 | top 19.4% | 7,716 / 41,674 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.03 | 6.82 | top 20.3% | 5,524 / 29,168 | |
| Skewb | 5.98 | 9.95 | top 25.7% | 4,226 / 19,164 | |
| Clock | 12.84 | 14.43 | top 38.9% | 3,170 / 9,172 | |
| Square-1 | 27.06 | 33.39 | top 43.7% | 2,885 / 6,846 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 4:09.63 | — | early days — 3 solves | 1,490 / 2,128 |
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
- 12 Oct 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.61 at CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2024.
- 12 Oct 202414 personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2024.
- 28 Oct 2017Four personal bests in one day at ChicaGhosts 2017.
- 5 Aug 2017Seven personal bests in one day at Petoskey Cubing 2017.
- 7 Jul 2017Three personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Nationals 2017.
- 25 Mar 2017First sub-15 3×3: 13.19 at Dixon Spring 2017.
Competitions
- CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2024 · 12 Oct 2024 — 14 personal bests set
- ChicaGhosts 2017 · 28 Oct 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Petoskey Cubing 2017 · 5 Aug 2017 — 7 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2017 · 7 Jul 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Buzzer Beater 2017 · 6 May 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Dixon Spring 2017 · 25 Mar 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Mishawaka Winter 2017 · 18 Feb 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Clock N' Other Stuff 2016 · 30 Apr 2016
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.
- Blake Thompson — met in 52 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- James Hildreth — met in 46 rounds, finished ahead once
- CJ Sheng — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.61 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,465 people have one; it is 7.98 away.
Targets move as he improves.