People · United States
Edwin Villa
Skewb · top 4.5% of 73,281 all-time · competing since November 2024 · 2024VILL56
Edwin Villa has been competing for a year. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 2.90, set at Temecula Valley Back To School 2026, puts him in the top 4.5% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 700th in the United States. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since November 2024, he has put 266 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 71% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.15 in November 2024 to 9.14, a 40% improvement. Edwin has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 2.90 | 5.68 | top 4.5% | 700 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 | 9.14 | 10.04 | top 5.2% | 2,903 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.78 | 7.88 | top 11.9% | 3,081 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 2.83 | 4.52 | top 12.3% | 4,846 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 41.35 | 47.96 | top 13.7% | 2,046 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.51 | 19.39 | top 13.8% | 1,799 / 15,683 | |
| Clock | 9.49 | 11.41 | top 22.5% | 1,734 / 8,927 | |
| Megaminx | 1:23.05 | 1:28.70 | top 23.8% | 1,646 / 7,841 | |
| Square-1 | 21.36 | 32.25 | top 31.0% | 2,007 / 6,743 | |
| 5×5 | 1:52.12 | 1:54.01 | top 44.1% | 3,618 / 9,401 | |
| 7×7 | 5:36.13 | — | top 61.5% | 1,837 / 3,184 | |
| 6×6 | 4:58.70 | — | early days — 1 solve | 3,261 / 4,196 |
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
- 23 Aug 2026Three personal bests in one day at Tierrasanta Pizza Party 2026.
- 25 Jul 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.88 at Temecula Valley Summer 2026.
- 25 Jul 2026Four personal bests in one day at Temecula Valley Summer 2026.
- 11 May 2025First sub-15 3×3: 10.43 at UCSD May A 2025.
- 14 Apr 2025Three personal bests in one day at UCSD Weeknights VI 2025.
- 23 Nov 2024First competition: UCSD Fall 2024. A 16.47 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Tierrasanta Pizza Party 2026 · 23 Aug 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Temecula Valley Back To School 2026 · 22 Aug 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Temecula Valley Summer 2026 · 25 Jul 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Phillips Exeter Cube Day 2025 · 19 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- UCLA Summer 2025 · 20 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- West Coast Cubing Tour: San Diego 2025 · 21 Jun 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Nub Open Mission Viejo Spring 2025 · 31 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- UCSD May A 2025 · 11 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- UCSD Weeknights VI 2025 · 14 Apr 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- UCSD Weeknights V 2025 · 13 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- UCSD Weeknights III 2025 · 23 Jan 2025
- UCSD Fall 2024 · 23 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best 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.
- Shane Grogan — met in 42 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Joel Kim — met in 39 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Dominic Shoji — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.90 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.14 away.
Targets move as he improves.