People · United States
Felix J. Santiago Melendez
3×3 · top 1.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2023 · 2023MELE08
Felix J. Santiago Melendez has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.39, set at Puerto Rico Open 2024, puts him in the top 1.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,094th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since September 2023, he has put 353 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 65% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 8.95 in September 2023 to 7.39, a 17% improvement. Felix has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.39 | 8.69 | top 1.8% | 1,094 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 32.23 | 36.39 | top 4.4% | 696 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 13.49 | 14.75 | top 5.2% | 742 / 15,683 | |
| 2×2 | 2.78 | 3.75 | top 11.8% | 4,653 / 40,951 | |
| 5×5 | 1:10.40 | 1:13.93 | top 11.9% | 921 / 9,401 | |
| Clock | 9.45 | 10.79 | top 22.3% | 1,719 / 8,927 | |
| Megaminx | 1:25.43 | 1:42.68 | top 25.2% | 1,732 / 7,841 | |
| Square-1 | 21.16 | 34.84 | top 30.6% | 1,979 / 6,743 | |
| 6×6 | 3:03.67 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,587 / 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
- 17 Jan 2026Five personal bests in one day at Two Buffalo Cube Days 2026.
- 3 Jul 2025Three personal bests in one day at Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025.
- 22 Nov 2024Three personal bests in one day at Indiana Championship 2024.
- 27 Apr 2024Four personal bests in one day at Puerto Rico Open 2024.
- 2 Sep 2023First competition: Puerto Rico Open 2023. A 9.28 3×3 single to start from.
- 2 Sep 2023Three personal bests in one day at Puerto Rico Open 2023.
Competitions
- Puerto Rico Cubing Open 2026 · 2 May 2026
- Two Buffalo Cube Days 2026 · 17 Jan 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- Puerto Rico Open 2025 · 4 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 · 3 Jul 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubing in Borinquen 2025 · 12 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- PBs in Palisades Open 2025 · 18 Jan 2025
- Indiana Championship 2024 · 22 Nov 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Land of Lincoln 2024 · 10 Aug 2024
- Puerto Rico Open 2024 · 27 Apr 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Puerto Rico Open 2023 · 2 Sep 2023 — 3 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.
- Javier Gonzalez-Napoleoni — met in 43 rounds, finished ahead 21 times
- Rusbel Manuel Osorio Rodriguez — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead 32 times
- Mason Langenderfer — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.39 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 2.23 away.
Targets move as he improves.