People · Costa Rica
Gabriel Cerdas Zúñiga
3×3 · top 3.4% of 288,433 all-time · competing since July 2023 · 2023ZUNI03
Gabriel Cerdas Zúñiga has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.31, set at UH Cube Day Tibas 2025, puts him in the top 3.4% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 17th in Costa Rica. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since July 2023, he has put 422 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 96% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.67 in July 2023 to 8.31, a 29% improvement. Gabriel 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 | Costa Rica | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.31 | 9.63 | top 3.4% | 17 / 374 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 12.82 | 13.80 | top 4.2% | 9 / 137 | |
| Megaminx | 53.10 | 1:02.53 | top 6.6% | 11 / 85 | |
| 4×4 | 36.57 | 40.36 | top 8.3% | 19 / 132 | |
| 2×2 | 2.44 | 3.68 | top 8.4% | 27 / 312 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.80 | 9.85 | top 18.6% | 45 / 229 | |
| 5×5 | 1:19.24 | 1:22.59 | top 18.6% | 20 / 77 | |
| Skewb | 5.16 | 6.90 | top 19.5% | 35 / 135 | |
| Square-1 | 36.49 | 48.67 | top 60.6% | 30 / 55 |
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
- 12 Apr 2025First sub-10 3×3: 8.43 at Conta Cubes Cartago 2025.
- 17 Nov 2024Three personal bests in one day at Golden Valley Open Heredia 2024.
- 20 Jan 2024Five personal bests in one day at Cubing Revival Terramall SD 2024.
- 1 Dec 2023Five personal bests in one day at Costa Rican Championship 2023.
- 8 Jul 2023First competition: Cube Factory Masters Desamparados 2023. A 11.67 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cube Days at SEK 2026 · 26 Sep 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubithon San José 2026 · 29 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing Tibas 2026 · 23 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- UH Cube Day Tibas 2025 · 30 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Conta Cubes Cartago 2025 · 12 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Golden Valley Open Heredia 2024 · 17 Nov 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Newcomers Costa Rica 2024 · 6 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing Revival Terramall SD 2024 · 20 Jan 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Costa Rican Championship 2023 · 1 Dec 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Grace Cubing Cedros 2023 · 23 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Cube Factory Masters Desamparados 2023 · 8 Jul 2023
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.
- Christian Rodríguez — met in 87 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Sebastián Herrera Pomares — met in 80 rounds, finished ahead 28 times
- Andrés Hernández Cabrera — met in 68 rounds, finished ahead 39 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.31 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,239 people have one; it is 0.82 away.
Targets move as he improves.