People · Honduras
Erick Y. Maldonado
Square-1 · top 8.0% of 25,272 all-time · competing since March 2019 · 2019MALD01
Erick Y. Maldonado has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Square-1: a personal-best single of 11.03, set at Cubing Summer Honduras 2023, puts him in the top 8.0% of the 25,272 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1st in Honduras. Until October 2009, no official Square-1 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since March 2019, he has put 219 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 84% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.08 in March 2019 to 14.63, a 23% improvement. Erick 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 | Honduras | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Square-1 | 11.03 | 17.65 | top 8.0% | 1 / 13 | |
| 3×3 | 14.63 | 17.13 | top 23.2% | 36 / 231 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.40 | 14.10 | top 31.1% | 25 / 105 | |
| 4×4 | 55.52 | 1:09.31 | top 31.4% | 24 / 71 | |
| 2×2 | 4.65 | 6.31 | top 34.9% | 45 / 139 | |
| 5×5 | 1:50.83 | — | early days — 2 solves | 9 / 26 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 37.16 | 47.11 | top 61.1% | 31 / 61 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 6:32.00 | — | early days — 1 solve | 5 / 6 |
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
- 13 Jun 2026First sub-15 3×3: 14.63 at Nacionales Honduras 2026.
- 11 Jun 2023Three personal bests in one day at Cubing Summer Honduras 2023.
- 13 Nov 2022Four personal bests in one day at Talanga Open 2022.
- 27 Jul 2019Five personal bests in one day at Copa Inframundo HN 2019.
- 3 Mar 2019First competition: Honduras Master Cubes Open 2019. A 19.08 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Nacionales Honduras 2026 · 13 Jun 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Fall Fiesta Cubes Honduras 2025 · 1 Nov 2025
- Don't DNF Sigua 2025 · 26 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing Summer Honduras 2023 · 11 Jun 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Lets Cube Sigua 2023 · 26 Mar 2023
- Talanga Open 2022 · 13 Nov 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Tegucigalpa Open 2022 · 26 Jun 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Copa Inframundo HN 2019 · 27 Jul 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Honduras Master Cubes Open 2019 · 3 Mar 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.
- Dorian Ernesto Rosales Rodriguez — met in 45 rounds, finished ahead 22 times
- Luis David Hernández Mejía — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Elias Antonio Alvarez Ramos — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 Square-1 single — 1,533 people have one; it is 1.03 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.63 away.
Targets move as he improves.