People · Mexico
Lionel Lopez
3×3 · top 4.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2025 · 2025LOPE06
Lionel Lopez has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.91, set at Baja Summer 2026, puts him in the top 4.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 242nd in Mexico. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since February 2025, he has put 132 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 74% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.84 in February 2025 to 8.91, a 50% improvement. Lionel 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 | Mexico | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.91 | 12.46 | top 4.7% | 242 / 4,263 | |
| 2×2 | 3.09 | 3.99 | top 15.3% | 602 / 3,018 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.59 | 30.38 | top 27.6% | 484 / 1,672 | |
| 5×5 | 4:19.13 | — | early days — 2 solves | 961 / 1,010 |
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
- 6 Jun 2026Three personal bests in one day at Baja Summer 2026.
- 14 Mar 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.29 at Baja Spring 2026.
- 17 Oct 2025Three personal bests in one day at SpeedCube Baja Open 2025.
- 26 Apr 2025First sub-15 3×3: 13.92 at Cubing by the Border Tijuana 2025.
- 1 Feb 2025First competition: CETis 156 Broncos 2025. A 19.30 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Baja Summer 2026 · 6 Jun 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Baja Spring 2026 · 14 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Baja Warm Up I 2026 · 28 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- SpeedCube Baja Open 2025 · 17 Oct 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- OH Madness Baja 2025 · 12 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- McBaja 2025 · 3 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing by the Border Tijuana 2025 · 26 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Baja Spring 2025 · 14 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- CETis 156 Broncos 2025 · 1 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Ian Yazid Zavala — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead once
- Gerardo Ornelas Sifuentes — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead once
- Angel Muñoz — met in 27 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.91 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.09 away.
Targets move as he improves.