People · Mexico
Erik Fernando Palacios Merino
3×3 · top 24.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2018 · 2018MERI01
Erik Fernando Palacios Merino has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 15.01, set at Donas en Tlalocan Volumen 2 2024, puts him in the top 24.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,366th in Mexico. Across 11 competitions since February 2018, he has put 94 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 75% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.75 in February 2018 to 15.01, a 39% improvement. Erik has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% 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 | 15.01 | 18.42 | top 24.5% | 1,366 / 4,263 | |
| 2×2 | 5.21 | 8.93 | top 41.9% | 1,453 / 3,018 |
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
- 17 Jun 2023First sub-20 3×3: 19.53 at TizaCubing 2023.
- 17 Feb 2018First competition: TimerTon 2018. A 24.75 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Speedcube Manía Coacalco 2025 · 12 Jul 2025
- Ágora Izcalli 2025 · 22 Mar 2025
- Ruta Cubera Izcalli Clásico 2025 · 25 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Donas en Tlalocan Volumen 2 2024 · 14 Jul 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Speed Cubing Fest Pachuca 2023 · 15 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- TizaCubing 2023 · 17 Jun 2023 — 1 personal best set
- IZcube 2023 · 14 Apr 2023
- Reto Chignahuapan 2019 · 12 Oct 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Izcube 2019 · 28 Apr 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Tula 2018 · 29 Sep 2018
- TimerTon 2018 · 17 Feb 2018
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.
- Eduardo Arturo Palacios Merino — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
- Fernando Palacios Urincho — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
- Hiram David Oropeza — met in 14 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 0.01 away.
- A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.21 away.
Targets move as he improves.