People · Honduras
Javier Armando Cruz Santos
Pyraminx · top 8.8% of 130,891 all-time · competing since March 2018 · 2018SANT17
Javier Armando Cruz Santos has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 4.22, set at Nacionales El Salvador 2019, puts him in the top 8.8% of the 130,891 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5th in Honduras. Until September 2006, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since March 2018, he has put 375 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 62% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.20 in March 2018 to 12.49, a 35% improvement. Javier has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Honduras | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 4.22 | 8.05 | top 8.8% | 5 / 105 | |
| 2×2 | 2.54 | 4.69 | top 9.4% | 8 / 139 | |
| 3×3 | 12.49 | 16.86 | top 15.7% | 23 / 231 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 33 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 1 / 8 | |
| Megaminx | 1:26.71 | 1:41.43 | top 26.1% | 5 / 25 | |
| 4×4 | 54.16 | 1:11.92 | top 29.8% | 22 / 71 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.71 | 28.39 | top 33.5% | 14 / 61 | |
| Skewb | 9.75 | 13.88 | top 53.4% | 19 / 48 | |
| 5×5 | 2:29.40 | — | top 65.5% | 17 / 26 |
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
- 30 Nov 2019Four personal bests in one day at Nacionales El Salvador 2019.
- 3 Nov 2019Four personal bests in one day at Reto Tegucigalpa 2019.
- 27 Oct 2018First sub-15 3×3: 14.66 at Nacionales El Salvador 2018.
- 27 Oct 2018Three personal bests in one day at Nacionales El Salvador 2018.
- 28 Jul 2018Four personal bests in one day at Copa Inframundo HN 2018.
- 24 Mar 2018First competition: Bekubes Open 2018. A 19.20 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Lets Cube Sigua 2023 · 26 Mar 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing for Life Honduras 2019 · 15 Dec 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Nacionales El Salvador 2019 · 30 Nov 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Reto Tegucigalpa 2019 · 3 Nov 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Copa Inframundo HN 2019 · 27 Jul 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Nacionales El Salvador 2018 · 27 Oct 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Happy Cubing Honduras 2018 · 8 Sep 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Copa Inframundo HN 2018 · 28 Jul 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Bekubes Open 2018 · 24 Mar 2018
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.
- Luis David Hernández Mejía — met in 71 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
- Gerardo Varela — met in 47 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Dorian Ernesto Rosales Rodriguez — met in 45 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
Next targets
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 10,050 people have one; it is 0.22 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.54 away.
Targets move as he improves.