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Juan de Dios Noriega Sánchez

4×4 · top 0.044% of 83,917 all-time · competing since August 2017 · 2017SANC24

Juan de Dios Noriega Sánchez has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 19.73, set at Ruta Cubera Queretaro NxN 2025, puts him in the top 0.044% of the 83,917 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1st in Mexico. Until June 2017, no official 4×4 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 57 competitions since August 2017, he has put 3,751 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 94% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.56 in August 2017 to 5.39, a 57% improvement. Juan has entered 57 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

4×4
best event — top 0.044% of 83,917 all-time
19.73
signature single · Ruta Cubera Queretaro NxN 2025
3,751
official solves on the record
10%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 94% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingMexico
4×419.7323.95
top 0.044%1 / 1,845
3×35.397.28
top 0.21%5 / 4,263
5×545.3251.46
top 0.72%5 / 1,010
2×21.132.32
top 0.85%28 / 3,018
3×3 one-handed10.9014.02
top 1.7%28 / 1,672
6×61:30.551:38.28
top 2.0%7 / 510
Pyraminx2.984.78
top 3.6%89 / 2,003
Megaminx47.4753.86
top 4.0%35 / 1,042
7×72:33.642:46.69
top 4.4%14 / 472
Skewb2.945.90
top 4.7%74 / 1,157
Clock7.678.75
top 13.6%107 / 652
Square-115.3219.67
top 17.1%73 / 516
3×3 Fewest Moves32 moves36.33
top 20.4%36 / 317

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

Weas México 2017: 12.56Return Open 2017: 13.42Mexican Championship 2018: 12.10Cuernavaca Summer 2018: 12.33IT Puebla 2019: 8.55Side Events Puebla 2019: 7.46NxN Tlaxcala 2019: 8.95Misión México 2019: 8.78Reto Chignahuapan 2019: 8.12Quetzal Cubing 2019: 8.59Telpochcalli Tlaxcala 2020: 8.55Tunas Open 2022: 7.52Fénix México 2022: 6.65Minerva Open 2022: 7.80La Silla III 2022: 6.99Cubing Tlaxcala 2023: 7.50IZcube 2023: 7.45Toros Open 2023: 7.13Speed Cubing Fest Pachuca 2023: 8.06CICEJ Guadalajara 2023: 6.81Volcano in Puebla 2023: 7.16Xalapeño Cube 2023: 7.14Don't NxN Tlaxcala 2023: 6.59Mexican Championship 2023: 7.76Rubí Guanajuato 2024: 6.91Maxixcatzin Tlaxcala 2024: 7.04Puerta Victoria 2024: 6.67Tutuli 2024: 6.55Los Fuertes Puebla 2024: 6.84La Silla lV Monterrey 2024: 6.84Puebla de Zaragoza Open 2024: 7.56Tunas Open SLP 2024: 7.06Aragón Treasure 2024: 5.39D Amicis Puebla 2024: 6.69Cangrejito Azul Veracruz 2024: 7.37Los Fuertes V2 Puebla 2024: 7.42BUAP: Ingenieros Open 2024: 5.89 Ruta Cubera Queretaro NxN 2025: 6.05Mega-Mente Puebla 2025: 7.00Ágora Izcalli 2025: 6.83NxN Tlaxcala 2025: 6.59444 Puebla 2025: 7.14Cubo Azul Guadalajara 2025: 6.24Todo o Nada - San Andrés Cholula 2025: 7.63Cubing BUAP 2025: 6.80Clásico Tlaxcala 2025: 6.60Yollotl Tlaxcala 2025: 6.44Mexican Championship 2025: 6.76Halcones Tehuacán 2026: 6.89Nawi Tlaxcala 2026: 7.52Tlajopen 2026: 6.33Tlaxcala Open 10 Aniversario 2026: 6.64Guelaguetza Oaxaca 2026: 6.05Cubo Laberinto 2026: 7.515.3913.425 Aug 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-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.39 away.
  • A sub-40 5×5 single — 68 people have one; it is 5.32 away.

Targets move as he improves.