People · United States
Frank Garcia
Square-1 · top 8.4% of 25,662 all-time · competing since January 2020 · 2020GARC03
Frank Garcia has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the Square-1: a personal-best single of 11.20, set at Cube Against Cancer Houston 2025, puts him in the top 8.4% of the 25,662 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 606th in the United States. Until October 2009, no official Square-1 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since January 2020, he has put 153 official solves on the record across nine 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. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.15 in January 2020 to 10.73, a 56% improvement. Frank has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Square-1 | 11.20 | 19.30 | top 8.4% | 606 / 6,846 | |
| 3×3 | 10.73 | 12.79 | top 9.7% | 5,349 / 60,666 | |
| Skewb | 3.98 | 8.13 | top 10.8% | 1,686 / 19,164 | |
| 2×2 | 2.77 | 4.06 | top 11.7% | 4,702 / 41,674 | |
| 4×4 | 48.99 | 54.54 | top 23.5% | 3,626 / 19,354 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.26 | 27.34 | top 26.8% | 3,501 / 15,900 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.03 | 9.84 | top 28.1% | 7,853 / 29,168 | |
| 5×5 | 2:03.53 | 2:11.57 | top 51.6% | 4,403 / 9,537 | |
| Megaminx | 2:18.50 | 2:25.25 | top 55.7% | 4,276 / 8,026 |
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
- 4 Jan 2025Four personal bests in one day at Space City Winter TX 2025.
- 7 Jan 2023Three personal bests in one day at Cubing For Water Winter 2023.
- 23 Apr 2022First sub-20 3×3: 12.64 at DFW Cubing Spring 2022.
- 23 Apr 2022First sub-15 3×3: 12.64 at DFW Cubing Spring 2022.
- 23 Apr 2022Five personal bests in one day at DFW Cubing Spring 2022.
- 25 Jan 2020First competition: Houston Winter 2020. A 24.15 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Space City Fall TX 2025 · 19 Oct 2025
- Cube Against Cancer Houston 2025 · 1 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Space City Winter TX 2025 · 4 Jan 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Cubing For Water Winter 2023 · 7 Jan 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- DFW Cubing Spring 2022 · 23 Apr 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Houston Winter 2020 · 25 Jan 2020
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.
- Ryan Pilat — met in 28 rounds, never finished ahead
- Catherine Connolly — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Riley Norrid — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 Square-1 single — 1,557 people have one; it is 1.20 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.73 away.
Targets move as he improves.