People · United States
Isaac Montanes
3×3 · top 6.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2025 · 2025MONT21
Isaac Montanes has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.69, set at Summer Scramble UW 2026, puts him in the top 6.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,632nd in the United States. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since June 2025, he has put 66 official solves on the record across five events. Isaac has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.69 | 11.95 | top 6.6% | 3,632 / 59,724 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 14.56 | 18.25 | top 7.2% | 968 / 15,683 | |
| 2×2 | 2.41 | 3.90 | top 8.0% | 3,178 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:13.81 | 1:27.91 | top 17.4% | 333 / 2,092 | |
| 4×4 | 49.72 | 52.08 | top 24.4% | 3,725 / 19,072 |
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
- 15 Aug 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.69 at Summer Scramble UW 2026.
- 15 Aug 2026Five personal bests in one day at Summer Scramble UW 2026.
- 28 Jun 2025First competition: Warm Up Seattle 2025. A 10.23 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Summer Scramble UW 2026 · 15 Aug 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- Warm Up Seattle 2025 · 28 Jun 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.
- Ethan Davis — met in 13 rounds, never finished ahead
- Adam Walker — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Saharsh Sai Vontela — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.69 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 2.56 away.
Targets move as he improves.