People · Mexico
Luis Andrei Castillo Arellano
2×2 · top 1.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2016 · 2016AREL01
Luis Andrei Castillo Arellano has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.21, set at Clocking Manía Coacalco 2025, puts him in the top 1.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 33rd in Mexico. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 37 competitions since January 2016, he has put 1,479 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 96% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.39 in January 2016 to 7.65, a 43% improvement. Luis has entered 37 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Mexico | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.21 | 3.66 | top 1.1% | 33 / 3,018 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.05 | 3.23 | top 1.2% | 21 / 2,003 | |
| Skewb | 1.98 | 4.03 | top 1.3% | 24 / 1,157 | |
| 3×3 | 7.65 | 9.50 | top 2.2% | 105 / 4,263 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 13.95 | 16.12 | top 6.0% | 100 / 1,672 | |
| 4×4 | 34.75 | 41.00 | top 6.5% | 133 / 1,845 | |
| Clock | 6.84 | 10.52 | top 10.3% | 89 / 652 | |
| 5×5 | 1:18.13 | 1:34.47 | top 17.6% | 197 / 1,010 | |
| 6×6 | 3:04.80 | 4:16.00 | top 43.4% | 227 / 510 | |
| 7×7 | 6:08.93 | 6:42.03 | early days — 3 solves | 320 / 472 |
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
- 14 Apr 2023Three personal bests in one day at IZcube 2023.
- 3 Sep 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.74 at Fénix México 2022.
- 3 Sep 2022Three personal bests in one day at Fénix México 2022.
- 25 Feb 2017Three personal bests in one day at NxN México 2017.
- 22 Jul 2016Eight personal bests in one day at Aguascalientes Summer 2016.
- 23 Jan 2016First competition: Live Your Dream 2016. A 14.96 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Icpitl Tlaxcala 2026 · 8 Aug 2026
- Nawi Tlaxcala 2026 · 4 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Mexican Championship 2025 · 18 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Mexzingo Open 2025 · 29 Nov 2025
- Clocking Manía Coacalco 2025 · 8 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Puerta Victoria 2025 · 4 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- SilencESFM 2025 · 6 Sep 2025
- Cubing Express Buenavista 2025 · 16 Aug 2025
- Naucalli Ce 2025 · 19 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Speedcube Manía Coacalco 2025 · 12 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- SMA Open 2025 · 7 Jun 2025
- Coacalcubo 2025 · 26 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Ágora Izcalli 2025 · 22 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Ruta Cubera Izcalli Clásico 2025 · 25 Jan 2025
- Yollotl Tlaxcala 2024 · 16 Nov 2024
- Pony Open Morelia 2024 · 5 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Texcoco Open X 2024 · 7 Sep 2024
- Skewbragón México 2024 · 1 Sep 2024
- Aragón Treasure 2024 · 31 Aug 2024
- Donas en Tlalocan Volumen 1 2024 · 13 Jul 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Vasconcubos 2024 · 22 Jun 2024
- Mexican Championship 2023 · 14 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Speed Cubing Fest Pachuca 2023 · 15 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Cronos Querétaro 2023 · 15 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- TizaCubing 2023 · 17 Jun 2023 — 1 personal best set
- IZcube 2023 · 14 Apr 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Fénix México 2022 · 3 Sep 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Misión México 2019 · 28 Sep 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Tula 2018 · 29 Sep 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Weas México 2017 · 5 Aug 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Cool Toons Guadalajara 2017 · 21 Jul 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- NxN México 2017 · 25 Feb 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Aguascalientes Summer 2016 · 22 Jul 2016 — 8 personal bests set
- Metro Cubing Fest 2016 · 25 Jun 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik Expomagyc 2016 · 16 Apr 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Gotirubik Fest 2016 · 26 Mar 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Live Your Dream 2016 · 23 Jan 2016 — 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.
- Joaquin Ruenes Hernández — met in 190 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Jesús Jorge García López — met in 138 rounds, finished ahead 43 times
- César Abraham Briones Arreola — met in 138 rounds, finished ahead 26 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.21 away.
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.05 away.
Targets move as he improves.