People · Costa Rica
Isaí Abarca Smith
Pyraminx · top 1.1% of 129,321 all-time · competing since April 2019 · 2019SMIT16
Isaí Abarca Smith has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 1.95, set at Cubithon San José 2026, puts him in the top 1.1% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2nd in Costa Rica. Until July 2011, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 20 competitions since April 2019, he has put 668 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 92% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.20 in April 2019 to 7.80, a 57% improvement. He has entered 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Costa Rica | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 1.95 | 2.76 | top 1.1% | 2 / 225 | |
| 3×3 | 7.80 | 10.81 | top 2.4% | 12 / 367 | |
| 2×2 | 1.64 | 3.51 | top 2.8% | 5 / 307 | |
| Megaminx | 49.02 | 53.38 | top 4.7% | 6 / 82 | |
| 4×4 | 33.15 | 38.71 | top 5.1% | 8 / 130 | |
| Skewb | 3.43 | 5.96 | top 7.3% | 11 / 133 | |
| 5×5 | 1:03.87 | 1:07.92 | top 7.7% | 7 / 75 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.86 | 21.48 | top 12.2% | 21 / 135 | |
| 7×7 | 4:00.09 | 4:19.79 | early days — 3 solves | 8 / 22 |
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
- 29 Nov 2025Three personal bests in one day at Costa Rica Nationals 2025.
- 6 Nov 2022First sub-10 3×3: 7.80 at Cubing Universal San Jose 2022.
- 23 Jul 2022Three personal bests in one day at VID Cubing 2022.
- 28 May 2022Six personal bests in one day at Bekubes Paseo San Luis 2022.
- 29 Feb 2020Four personal bests in one day at Score Cube Day 2020.
- 13 Jul 2019First sub-15 3×3: 14.52 at Cubing Heredia 2019.
Competitions
- Cubithon San José 2026 · 29 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Costa Rica Nationals 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Gravilias Open 2025 · 17 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Golden Valley Open Heredia 2024 · 17 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Newcomers Costa Rica 2024 · 6 Apr 2024
- Cubing Revival Terramall SD 2024 · 20 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Costa Rican Championship 2023 · 1 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Grace Cubing Cedros 2023 · 23 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Infinity Play Heredia 2023 · 29 Jul 2023
- Cube Factory Masters Desamparados 2023 · 8 Jul 2023
- VID Cubing 2023 · 29 Apr 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Retro Mall San Pedro 2023 · 14 Jan 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing Universal San Jose 2022 · 6 Nov 2022 — 1 personal best set
- VID Cubing 2022 · 23 Jul 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Bekubes Paseo San Luis 2022 · 28 May 2022 — 6 personal bests set
- Score Cube Day 2020 · 29 Feb 2020 — 4 personal bests set
- Bekubes Plaza Real Alajuela 2019 · 7 Dec 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- San Pedro Open 2019 · 2 Nov 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing Heredia 2019 · 13 Jul 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Bekubes Gold 2019 · 13 Apr 2019
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 138 rounds, finished ahead 37 times
- Carlos Andres Gonzaga — met in 96 rounds, finished ahead 38 times
- Dagne Poveda — met in 93 rounds, finished ahead 31 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.95 away.
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.80 away.
Targets move as he improves.