People · Dominican Republic
Emil Francisco Solano Gil
3×3 · top 2.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2018 · 2018GILE02
Emil Francisco Solano Gil has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.03, set at Santo Domingo Summer 2026, puts him in the top 2.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 11th in the Dominican Republic. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since March 2018, he has put 859 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 87% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.36 in March 2018 to 8.03, a 40% improvement. Emil has entered 13 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 | Dominican Republic | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.03 | 9.96 | top 2.8% | 11 / 588 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.98 | 3.90 | top 3.6% | 1 / 192 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 12.92 | 15.08 | top 4.3% | 4 / 151 | |
| Skewb | 3.22 | 5.91 | top 6.1% | 3 / 81 | |
| Square-1 | 10.16 | 12.14 | top 6.4% | 2 / 43 | |
| 4×4 | 35.20 | 38.54 | top 6.9% | 10 / 136 | |
| 2×2 | 2.47 | 3.23 | top 8.6% | 20 / 312 | |
| 5×5 | 1:17.75 | 1:27.24 | top 17.4% | 9 / 74 | |
| Megaminx | 1:16.21 | 1:24.10 | top 19.4% | 10 / 79 |
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
- 4 Oct 2025Four personal bests in one day at Santo Domingo Otoño 2025.
- 5 Jul 2025Five personal bests in one day at Santo Domingo Summer 2025.
- 26 Aug 2023Seven personal bests in one day at Santo Domingo Summer 2023.
- 29 Feb 2020Four personal bests in one day at Santo Domingo Winter 2020.
- 14 Sep 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.77 at Republica Dominicana Nationals 2019.
- 14 Sep 2019Three personal bests in one day at Republica Dominicana Nationals 2019.
Competitions
- Santo Domingo Summer 2026 · 4 Jul 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- WCA South American Championship 2026 · 12 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Santo Domingo Winter 2026 · 17 Jan 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Santo Domingo Otoño 2025 · 4 Oct 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Santo Domingo Summer 2025 · 5 Jul 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Santo Domingo Summer 2024 · 13 Jul 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Santo Domingo Summer 2023 · 26 Aug 2023 — 7 personal bests set
- Santo Domingo Winter 2020 · 29 Feb 2020 — 4 personal bests set
- Republica Dominicana Nationals 2019 · 14 Sep 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Santo Domingo Summer 2019 · 20 Jun 2019 — 6 personal bests set
- A Cubear Con Puzzlemania 2019 · 12 Jan 2019 — 8 personal bests set
- Speedcubing RD 2018 · 6 Oct 2018 — 9 personal bests set
- SD Winter 2018 · 3 Mar 2018 — 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.
- Raimy Marte — met in 152 rounds, finished ahead 77 times · head to head
- Amaury Miguel Caballero — met in 129 rounds, finished ahead 52 times · head to head
- José Eduardo Figueroa — met in 108 rounds, finished ahead 80 times · head to head
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.03 away.
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.98 away.
Targets move as he improves.