People · Mexico
Iker Santiago Castro Parra
3×3 · top 2.2% of 288,433 all-time · competing since August 2025 · 2025PARR08
Iker Santiago Castro Parra has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.61, set at Minerva Zapopan 2026, puts him in the top 2.2% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 100th in Mexico. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since August 2025, he has put 149 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 67% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 4 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 8.56 in August 2025 to 7.61, an 11% improvement. Iker has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Mexico | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.61 | 9.34 | top 2.2% | 100 / 4,305 | |
| 2×2 | 2.00 | 2.65 | top 4.8% | 170 / 3,043 | |
| 4×4 | 36.40 | 40.36 | top 8.2% | 174 / 1,858 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.55 | 20.54 | top 11.6% | 214 / 1,685 | |
| 5×5 | 1:15.84 | 1:24.72 | top 16.1% | 183 / 1,012 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.52 | 8.85 | top 24.0% | 604 / 2,014 | |
| Clock | 11.20 | 11.83 | top 31.0% | 227 / 660 | |
| Megaminx | 3:19.93 | — | early days — 2 solves | 860 / 1,063 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 69 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 314 / 317 |
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
- 3 Oct 2026Three personal bests in one day at Cubeando en el Río Guadalajara 2026.
- 1 Aug 2025First competition: Minerva Zapopan 2025. A 8.56 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cubeando en el Río Guadalajara 2026 · 3 Oct 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- No Olvides la Paridad Tonalá 2026 · 12 Jul 2026
- Minerva Zapopan 2026 · 1 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- CUAAD Huentitán Open 2025 · 25 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Minerva Zapopan 2025 · 1 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best 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.
- Saul Emmanuel Ramirez Gonzalez — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Ariel Eduardo Cruz Martínez — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Eduardo Daniel Perez Miramontes — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.61 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 1.00 away.
Targets move as he improves.