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Ismael Cruz Vázquez

2×2 · top 8.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2017 · 2017VAZQ07

Ismael Cruz Vázquez has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.50, set at Metropolitano Monterrey 2018, puts him in the top 8.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 330th in Mexico. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since August 2017, he has put 98 official solves on the record across nine events. His Pyraminx best has come down from 13.58 in August 2017 to 9.57, a 30% improvement. Ismael has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 8.9% of 186,767 all-time
2.50
signature single · Metropolitano Monterrey 2018
98
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingMexico
2×22.504.88
top 8.9%330 / 3,018
3×314.0018.50
top 21.0%1,155 / 4,263
Megaminx1:26.561:30.51
top 25.9%290 / 1,042
Skewb6.1910.51
top 27.2%394 / 1,157
4×41:00.391:05.87
top 36.9%816 / 1,845
Square-129.7034.09
top 48.8%231 / 516
Pyraminx9.5711.96
top 49.6%1,105 / 2,003
5×52:19.52
top 60.8%680 / 1,010
3×3 one-handed42.38
early days — 2 solves1,212 / 1,672

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

Metropolitano 2017: 13.58Metropolitano Monterrey 2018: 9.73La Sillan't Monterrey 2024: 9.579.5713.5812 Aug 201719 Oct 2024

Best single per competition, Pyraminx. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.50 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.00 away.

Targets move as he improves.