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Jairo Paez Castro

2×2 · top 2.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since February 2016 · 2016CAST04

Jairo Paez Castro has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.63, set at Monterrey Bogotá 2023, puts him in the top 2.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 90th in Colombia. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 42 competitions since February 2016, he has put 1,211 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 91% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.37 in February 2016 to 9.82, a 47% improvement. Jairo has entered 42 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 2.7% of 186,767 all-time
1.63
signature single · Monterrey Bogotá 2023
1,211
official solves on the record
16%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 91% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingColombia
2×21.635.34
top 2.7%90 / 3,615
3×39.8212.13
top 7.0%265 / 5,812
4×440.9845.32
top 13.2%175 / 1,270
Pyraminx5.3313.06
top 15.3%330 / 2,395
5×51:17.921:24.73
top 17.5%96 / 506
6×62:29.442:37.28
top 25.4%59 / 232
7×73:49.614:04.73
top 27.1%57 / 182
Megaminx1:31.721:47.32
top 29.3%207 / 533
3×3 one-handed26.1631.31
top 37.2%403 / 1,175
3×3 Fewest Moves50 moves—
early days — 2 solves123 / 155
Clock36.19—
early days — 2 solves396 / 435
Skewb37.25—
early days — 1 solve1,022 / 1,065

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

Regreso a Clases 2016: 18.37GeniusCube 2016: 17.38Nacionales de SpeedCubing 2017: 13.21Latin America Cubing Tour - Chía 2017: 14.04Torneo Tadeo Summer 2017: 13.67Bucaramanga Cultural 2017: 14.01Melgar Summer 2017: 13.81USTA Winter Open 2017: 12.25Rubik's Cube UPN 2017: 13.41Mirá Ve 2017: 12.06Cúbico Open 2018: 11.15Prenacionales Calima Cube 2018: 11.90Colombia Nationals 2018: 11.13Bogotá Open 2021: 12.49San Martin Cubea B 2022: 11.90Edén Cubing 2022: 13.40Villa al Cubo Open 2022: 11.51Rey de Reyes Bogotá 2023: 11.56Monterrey Bogotá 2023: 11.58Bogotá Winter Cube The Return 2023: 10.93Regreso a Clases Bogotá 2023: 11.7575 por Ciento Bogotá 2023: 9.84All or Nothing Bogotá 2023: 12.63Avenida Chile 2023: 11.53Avenida Chile III 2023: 10.59Monterrey Bogotá VIII 2024: 10.30Desafío Rubik's 50 Años Bogotá 2024: 10.22Encanto Soacha II 2024: 10.12Rubik's WCA South American Championship 2024: 11.81Micentro Funza 2024: 12.03Trebolis El Porvenir Bogotá 2024: 9.82San Juan Geek Fest Neiva VI 2024: 10.47Colombian Nationals Avenida Chile 2024: 11.26Leticia Open 2025: 13.37Bima al Cubo Bogotá 2025: 12.10MYHM Colombian Nationals Eje Cafetero 2025: 10.92WCA South American Championship 2026: 11.939.8218.3728 Feb 201612 Jun 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. 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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.63 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.82 away.

Targets move as he improves.