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Eduardo Arturo Palacios Merino

Skewb · top 0.99% of 73,281 all-time · competing since August 2017 · 2017MERI01

Eduardo Arturo Palacios Merino has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 1.84, set at Cubing BUAP 2025, puts him in the top 0.99% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 15th in Mexico. Until December 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 52 competitions since August 2017, he has put 1,943 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 61% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His Skewb best has come down from 11.57 in July 2018 to 1.84, an 84% improvement. Eduardo has entered 52 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 0.99% of 73,281 all-time
1.84
signature single · Cubing BUAP 2025
1,943
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 61% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingMexico
Skewb1.843.70
top 0.99%15 / 1,157
2×21.983.67
top 4.6%163 / 3,018
Pyraminx3.295.24
top 4.6%114 / 2,003
3×39.5311.56
top 6.2%323 / 4,263
3×3 one-handed14.1016.80
top 6.3%110 / 1,672
Megaminx53.451:01.59
top 6.7%72 / 1,042
Clock5.977.00
top 7.2%53 / 652
4×435.9441.30
top 7.6%160 / 1,845
5×51:11.851:24.57
top 12.9%148 / 1,010
6×62:34.892:43.06
top 28.2%146 / 510
7×73:58.784:16.60
top 30.2%146 / 472
Square-121.7429.02
top 31.9%146 / 516
3×3 Fewest Moves36 moves40.33
top 33.6%79 / 317
3×3 blindfolded9:13.55—
early days — 1 solve248 / 251

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

ArCubingFest Queretaro 2018: 11.57Mexican Championship 2018: 9.00Tula 2018: 5.04 Tlaxcallan 2019: 4.55Tunas Open 2019: 7.18Izcube 2019: 4.93Side Events Puebla 2019: 6.21Reto Chignahuapan 2019: 6.07Roble Cubing Open 2019: 5.66Cubing Zacatecas 2019: 3.86Pitic Open 2020: 4.47Telpochcalli Tlaxcala 2020: 3.43Minerva Open 2022: 4.45IZcube 2023: 2.15Calmecac Tlaxcala 2023: 4.19TizaCubing 2023: 2.75Cronos Querétaro 2023: 4.60Speed Cubing Fest Pachuca 2023: 4.86Bajío Open 2023: 3.40Mexican Championship 2023: 4.12Mololoa Open 2024: 2.52Don't DNF Querétaro 2024: 3.51Donas en Tlalocan Volumen 2 2024: 3.62Skewbragón México 2024: 2.72Texcoco Open Y 2024: 3.58Pony Open Morelia 2024: 3.88Cangrejito Azul Veracruz 2024: 3.02Ruta Cubera Salamanca SE 2025: 3.67Ágora Izcalli 2025: 2.99Speedcube Manía Coacalco 2025: 3.99Naucalli Ce 2025: 3.62Aguascalientes Summer 2025: 1.98Minerva Zapopan 2025: 3.99Cubing BUAP 2025: 1.84SilencESFM 2025: 3.11Mexican Championship 2025: 2.531.8411.5721 Jul 201818 Dec 2025

Best single per competition, Skewb. 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-1 Skewb single — 35 people have one; it is 0.84 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.98 away.

Targets move as he improves.