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José María Hernández Mendieta

Pyraminx · top 0.25% of 129,321 all-time · competing since May 2017 · 2017MEND12

José María Hernández Mendieta has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 1.34, set at Cubing BUAP 2025, puts him in the top 0.25% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3rd in Mexico. Until October 2015, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 33 competitions since May 2017, he has put 1,236 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 61% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.77 in May 2017 to 8.69, a 63% improvement. He has entered 33 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 0.25% of 129,321 all-time
1.34
signature single · Cubing BUAP 2025
1,236
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 61% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingMexico
Pyraminx1.342.80
top 0.25%3 / 2,003
2×21.353.85
top 1.5%51 / 3,018
3×38.6910.46
top 4.2%207 / 4,263
4×433.4239.40
top 5.3%118 / 1,845
Megaminx55.031:02.41
top 7.4%82 / 1,042
3×3 one-handed14.9318.55
top 8.0%134 / 1,672
5×51:07.851:14.63
top 10.2%109 / 1,010
Clock8.6810.50
top 18.4%142 / 652
Skewb5.078.06
top 18.7%297 / 1,157
6×62:22.102:31.39
top 21.6%113 / 510
3×3 Fewest Moves34 moves51.67
top 26.7%51 / 317
7×73:51.953:57.27
top 27.8%132 / 472
3×3 blindfolded1:45.602:53.95
top 28.5%53 / 251
3×3 Multi-Blind3 of 3 cubes · 25:43—
early days — 2 solves38 / 87

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

Tlaxcala Open Clásico 2017: 23.77Weas México 2017: 19.64Tlaxcala Sunshine 2018: 17.05Mexican Championship 2018: 12.40Tula 2018: 15.09 Tlaxcallan 2019: 12.27Side Events Puebla 2019: 12.88NxN Tlaxcala 2019: 12.40Misión México 2019: 11.53Telpochcalli Tlaxcala 2020: 11.73Cubing Tlaxcala 2023: 8.84Calmecac Tlaxcala 2023: 11.51Toros Open 2023: 10.50Don't NxN Tlaxcala 2023: 10.30Mexican Championship 2023: 12.25Maxixcatzin Tlaxcala 2024: 9.29Yollotl Tlaxcala 2024: 11.21Mega-Mente Puebla 2025: 9.91La Silla V Monterrey 2025: 9.84NxN Tlaxcala 2025: 9.39444 Puebla 2025: 9.52Todo o Nada - San Andrés Cholula 2025: 8.69Cubing BUAP 2025: 9.50Clásico Tlaxcala 2025: 9.54Yollotl Tlaxcala 2025: 9.67Mexican Championship 2025: 8.91Contrarreloj - San Andrés Cholula 2026: 9.84Nawi Tlaxcala 2026: 9.75Tlaxcala Open 10 Aniversario 2026: 9.33Icpitl Tlaxcala 2026: 8.958.6923.776 May 20178 Aug 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 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.34 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.35 away.

Targets move as he improves.