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Esteban Elías González Méndez

4×4 · top 0.44% of 83,917 all-time · competing since January 2016 · 2016MEND03

Esteban Elías González Méndez has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 23.67, set at 555 - Puebla 2026, puts him in the top 0.44% of the 83,917 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5th in Mexico. Until August 2014, no official 4×4 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 32 competitions since January 2016, he has put 2,118 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 66% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.25 in January 2016 to 7.21, a 49% improvement. Esteban has entered 32 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

4×4
best event — top 0.44% of 83,917 all-time
23.67
signature single · 555 - Puebla 2026
2,118
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 66% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingMexico
4×423.6729.63
top 0.44%5 / 1,845
3×37.218.47
top 1.6%77 / 4,263
Pyraminx2.505.87
top 2.2%56 / 2,003
3×3 one-handed13.0015.01
top 4.4%65 / 1,672
5×557.911:04.70
top 4.5%41 / 1,010
2×22.253.13
top 6.6%241 / 3,018
Megaminx55.531:02.32
top 7.7%84 / 1,042
6×61:51.432:04.25
top 7.7%34 / 510
Skewb3.527.53
top 7.9%138 / 1,157
3×3 Fewest Moves29 moves32.00
top 12.2%14 / 317
7×73:07.723:17.43
top 12.6%52 / 472
Square-117.6633.37
top 22.6%101 / 516
Clock12.0114.65
top 35.0%254 / 652
3×3 blindfolded4:56.95—
top 79.0%166 / 251
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 3 cubes · 27:28—
early days — 1 solve75 / 87

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

Live Your Dream 2016: 14.25Gotirubik Fest 2016: 9.43Metro Cubing Fest 2016: 13.44Rubik Zacatecas 2017: 10.90Mexican Championship 2018: 8.79Beyond Zacatecas 2019: 8.77Fénix México 2022: 8.43Minerva Open 2022: 8.87Cubing Tlaxcala 2023: 7.21IZcube 2023: 7.52Zaragoza Open 2023: 8.44Toros Open 2023: 7.25Speed Cubing Fest Pachuca 2023: 7.57Volcano in Puebla 2023: 9.10Mexican Championship 2023: 7.29Maxixcatzin Tlaxcala 2024: 8.24Guelaguetza Oaxaca 2024: 8.36D Amicis Puebla 2024: 8.23Los Fuertes V2 Puebla 2024: 8.47BUAP: Ingenieros Open 2024: 8.22Ágora Izcalli 2025: 7.41444 Puebla 2025: 8.13Todo o Nada - San Andrés Cholula 2025: 9.34Guelaguetza Oaxaca 2025: 8.07Cubing BUAP 2025: 7.42Mexican Championship 2025: 7.94Halcones Tehuacán 2026: 7.71Nawi Tlaxcala 2026: 8.16555 - Puebla 2026: 9.62Guelaguetza Oaxaca 2026: 8.367.2114.2523 Jan 201618 Jul 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. 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-20 4×4 single — 42 people have one; it is 3.67 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.21 away.

Targets move as he improves.