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Francisco Alberto Castañeda Lima

2×2 · top 3.7% of 189,179 all-time · competing since September 2014 · 2014LIMA09

Francisco Alberto Castañeda Lima has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.82, set at Tecla Rubik 2016, puts him in the top 3.7% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 13th in Guatemala. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since September 2014, he has put 1,310 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 64% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 32.11 in September 2014 to 9.11, a 72% improvement. Francisco has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 3.7% of 189,179 all-time
1.82
signature single · Tecla Rubik 2016
1,310
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 64% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingGuatemala
2×21.823.08
top 3.7%13 / 741
Skewb2.744.87
top 3.8%5 / 206
3×3 one-handed12.8918.82
top 4.3%7 / 313
3×39.1111.15
top 5.1%34 / 1,255
Pyraminx3.765.40
top 6.5%26 / 481
4×442.1348.35
top 14.7%43 / 310
Square-115.9520.22
top 18.6%13 / 91
Megaminx1:21.711:38.63
top 23.0%47 / 138
5×51:27.601:38.04
top 25.5%44 / 153
Clock12.3518.49
top 36.7%19 / 69
6×63:14.443:39.85
top 47.9%34 / 59
7×75:13.495:22.27
top 55.0%34 / 53
3×3 Fewest Moves45 moves50.67
top 65.7%25 / 53
3×3 blindfolded8:04.48—
early days — 1 solve47 / 48

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

IGA Rubik 2014: 32.11Rubik Huehue 2014: 20.69Xela Open 2015: 11.67Guatemala Cube Challenge 2015: 13.02Mazate Open 2016: 12.90Xela Open 2016: 10.50Tecla Rubik 2016: 11.24GuateMaya Open 2016: 10.00Guatemala Nationals 2017: 10.84Latin America Cubing Tour - Guatemala 2017: 9.31Rubik Xela Open 2017: 9.11GuateMaya Open 2017: 10.00Nacionales Guatemala 2018: 10.19Cubing Party Xela 2022: 10.98Nacionales Guatemala 2023: 10.21Kukulcán Open Quetzaltenango 2026: 10.609.1132.117 Sep 201411 Sep 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-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.82 away.
  • A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,031 people have one; it is 0.74 away.

Targets move as he improves.