People · Mexico
Diego Quetzal López Mendoza
3×3 · top 3.4% of 288,433 all-time · competing since June 2019 · 2019MEND05
Diego Quetzal López Mendoza has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.30, set at Speed Cubing Fest Pachuca 2023, puts him in the top 3.4% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 166th in Mexico. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since June 2019, he has put 192 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 59% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.66 in June 2019 to 8.30, a 71% 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 | Mexico | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.30 | 11.77 | top 3.4% | 166 / 4,305 | |
| 2×2 | 3.06 | 5.06 | top 15.0% | 592 / 3,043 | |
| 4×4 | 43.10 | 50.91 | top 16.0% | 362 / 1,858 | |
| Skewb | 5.24 | 11.20 | top 20.1% | 317 / 1,176 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.83 | 25.66 | top 25.6% | 450 / 1,685 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.80 | 12.52 | top 34.6% | 823 / 2,014 | |
| Square-1 | 37.31 | — | early days — 2 solves | 306 / 525 | |
| Megaminx | 3:58.94 | 4:05.15 | top 89.9% | 948 / 1,063 |
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
- 15 Sep 2023First sub-10 3×3: 8.30 at Speed Cubing Fest Pachuca 2023.
- 15 Sep 2023Four personal bests in one day at Speed Cubing Fest Pachuca 2023.
- 6 May 2023Four personal bests in one day at Calmecac Tlaxcala 2023.
- 3 Sep 2022First sub-15 3×3: 11.58 at Fénix México 2022.
- 3 Sep 2022Five personal bests in one day at Fénix México 2022.
- 7 Dec 2019Three personal bests in one day at Quetzal Cubing 2019.
Competitions
- Speed Cubing Fest Pachuca 2023 · 15 Sep 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- TizaCubing 2023 · 17 Jun 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Calmecac Tlaxcala 2023 · 6 May 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Fénix México 2022 · 3 Sep 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Telpochcalli Tlaxcala 2020 · 14 Mar 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- Quetzal Cubing 2019 · 7 Dec 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Reto Chignahuapan 2019 · 12 Oct 2019 — 1 personal best set
- NxN Tlaxcala 2019 · 27 Jul 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Tuzo Clásico 2019 · 1 Jun 2019
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.
- Emilio Alberto Rodríguez Jiménez — met in 41 rounds, never finished ahead
- Joaquin Ruenes Hernández — met in 37 rounds, never finished ahead
- Angel Armando Jaime Sánchez — met in 37 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.30 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.06 away.
Targets move as he improves.