People · Mexico
Iker Santiago Castro Parra
3×3 · top 2.1% of 284,439 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 2.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 99th in Mexico. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since August 2025, he has put 94 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 8.56 in August 2025 to 7.61, an 11% improvement. Iker has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% 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 | 9.42 | top 2.1% | 99 / 4,263 | |
| 2×2 | 2.00 | 2.65 | top 4.7% | 166 / 3,018 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.55 | 20.54 | top 11.5% | 205 / 1,672 | |
| 5×5 | 1:15.84 | 1:24.72 | top 16.0% | 181 / 1,010 | |
| 4×4 | 43.92 | 48.68 | top 16.9% | 376 / 1,845 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.63 | 9.82 | top 24.9% | 617 / 2,003 | |
| Clock | 14.58 | 15.85 | top 46.2% | 327 / 652 | |
| 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
- 1 Aug 2025First competition: Minerva Zapopan 2025. A 8.56 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- 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 25 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Luis Sinhue Medina Salas — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Ariel Eduardo Cruz Martínez — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.61 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 1.00 away.
Targets move as he improves.