People · Mexico
Isaac Vergara Castillo
2×2 · top 0.38% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2018 · 2018CAST17
Isaac Vergara Castillo has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.90, set at Aguascalientes Summer 2025, puts him in the top 0.38% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 18th in Mexico. Until November 2011, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 60 competitions since March 2018, he has put 3,884 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 84% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.38 in March 2018 to 6.65, a 50% improvement. Isaac has entered 60 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Mexico | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 0.90 | 2.37 | top 0.38% | 18 / 3,018 | |
| 4×4 | 24.59 | 30.01 | top 0.6% | 8 / 1,845 | |
| 6×6 | 1:20.27 | 1:32.51 | top 0.61% | 3 / 510 | |
| 7×7 | 2:05.26 | 2:10.29 | top 0.93% | 3 / 472 | |
| 5×5 | 46.61 | 52.02 | top 0.95% | 6 / 1,010 | |
| 3×3 | 6.65 | 8.47 | top 0.98% | 36 / 4,263 | |
| Megaminx | 39.73 | 46.48 | top 1.5% | 14 / 1,042 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.42 | 4.47 | top 2.0% | 48 / 2,003 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 11.68 | 14.70 | top 2.6% | 44 / 1,672 | |
| Skewb | 3.07 | 4.31 | top 5.3% | 87 / 1,157 | |
| Clock | 6.40 | 7.32 | top 8.7% | 69 / 652 | |
| Square-1 | 12.41 | 16.12 | top 10.7% | 47 / 516 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 30 moves | 33.33 | top 14.8% | 20 / 317 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:01.19 | 3:11.46 | top 33.8% | 64 / 251 |
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 May 2026Three personal bests in one day at Minerva Zapopan 2026.
- 29 Mar 2025Three personal bests in one day at La Silla V Monterrey 2025.
- 19 Oct 2024Six personal bests in one day at La Sillan't Monterrey 2024.
- 25 May 2024Four personal bests in one day at Tutuli 2024.
- 27 Apr 2024Three personal bests in one day at Puerta Victoria 2024.
- 14 Dec 2023Three personal bests in one day at Mexican Championship 2023.
Competitions
- Caminos de Guanajuato - Salamanca 2026 · 22 Aug 2026
- Cubo Laberinto 2026 · 8 Aug 2026
- Caminos de Guanajuato - SJI 2026 · 25 Jul 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- FMC México 2026 · 11 Jul 2026
- WCA South American Championship 2026 · 12 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Minerva Zapopan 2026 · 1 May 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Vaquita Morelia 2026 · 25 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Caminos de Guanajuato - León 2026 · 12 Apr 2026
- Mexican Championship 2025 · 18 Dec 2025
- Zacatecas Mexican Qualifier 2025 · 22 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Clocking Manía Coacalco 2025 · 8 Nov 2025
- Cubing BUAP 2025 · 23 Aug 2025
- Aguascalientes Summer 2025 · 26 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Rubí Guanajuato 2025 · 5 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cubo Azul Guadalajara 2025 · 21 Jun 2025
- La Silla V Monterrey 2025 · 29 Mar 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Ruta Cubera Queretaro NxN 2025 · 1 Mar 2025
- Ruta Cubera Izcalli Clásico 2025 · 25 Jan 2025
- Liga SLP Jornada Negro 2024 · 22 Dec 2024
- Liga SLP Jornada Blanco 2024 · 15 Dec 2024
- Cubing Zacatecas 2024 · 7 Dec 2024
- BUAP: Ingenieros Open 2024 · 30 Nov 2024
- Liga SLP Jornada Azul 2024 · 24 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Los Fuertes V2 Puebla 2024 · 16 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Liga SLP Jornada Amarillo 2024 · 10 Nov 2024
- Liga SLP Jornada Naranja 2024 · 3 Nov 2024
- Liga SLP Jornada Verde 2024 · 27 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- La Sillan't Monterrey 2024 · 19 Oct 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- Tunas Open SLP 2024 · 3 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Donas en Tlalocan Volumen 1 2024 · 13 Jul 2024 — 1 personal best set
- La Silla lV Monterrey 2024 · 6 Jul 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Los Fuertes Puebla 2024 · 29 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Tutuli 2024 · 25 May 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Puerta Victoria 2024 · 27 Apr 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Rubí Guanajuato 2024 · 10 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Mexican Championship 2023 · 14 Dec 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Mini Tunas 2023 · 12 Nov 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Xalapeño Cube 2023 · 4 Nov 2023
- CICEJ Guadalajara 2023 · 23 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Speed Cubing Fest Pachuca 2023 · 15 Sep 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Cronos Querétaro 2023 · 15 Jul 2023
- Toros Open 2023 · 1 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Centauros Returns 2023 · 24 Jun 2023 — 1 personal best set
- IZcube 2023 · 14 Apr 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Minerva Guadalajara 2023 · 1 Apr 2023 — 8 personal bests set
- Big Tunas 2023 · 18 Mar 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Baja Spring 2023 · 11 Mar 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- La Silla III 2022 · 3 Dec 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Tunas Open 2022 · 16 Jul 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Centauros Open 2020 · 1 Feb 2020 — 3 personal bests set
- La Silla II 2019 · 21 Dec 2019 — 6 personal bests set
- Cubing Zacatecas 2019 · 14 Dec 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- NxN Tlaxcala 2019 · 27 Jul 2019
- La Silla 2019 · 20 Jul 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Beyond Zacatecas 2019 · 6 Jul 2019 — 10 personal bests set
- Tunas Open 2019 · 13 Apr 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- New Zamora 2019 · 16 Mar 2019 — 6 personal bests set
- Metropolitano Monterrey 2018 · 15 Dec 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Mexican Championship 2018 · 10 Aug 2018 — 9 personal bests set
- Tunas Open 2018 · 24 Mar 2018 — 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.
- Alexis Rodrigo Cazu Mendoza — met in 510 rounds, finished ahead 45 times
- César Abraham Briones Arreola — met in 348 rounds, finished ahead 147 times
- Juan de Dios Noriega Sánchez — met in 346 rounds, finished ahead 177 times
Next targets
- A sub-20 4×4 single — 42 people have one; it is 4.59 away.
- A sub-1:00 6×6 single — 2 people have one; it is 20.27 away.
Targets move as he improves.