People · Panama
Luis Angel Soto Castillo
3×3 · top 3.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2018 · 2018CAST58
Luis Angel Soto Castillo has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.45, set at Back To Cubing Chiriquí 2022, puts him in the top 3.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9th in Panama. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since December 2018, he has put 421 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 93% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.99 in December 2018 to 8.45, a 35% improvement. Luis has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Panama | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.45 | 10.41 | top 3.6% | 9 / 278 | |
| 4×4 | 33.19 | 35.57 | top 5.1% | 6 / 71 | |
| 5×5 | 1:03.86 | 1:07.63 | top 7.7% | 4 / 33 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.15 | 19.55 | top 8.4% | 8 / 77 | |
| 2×2 | 2.59 | 3.50 | top 9.8% | 16 / 192 | |
| Megaminx | 1:00.84 | 1:07.70 | top 10.5% | 6 / 36 | |
| 6×6 | 2:02.71 | 2:14.04 | top 12.1% | 2 / 17 | |
| 7×7 | 3:16.73 | 3:24.49 | top 15.3% | 3 / 14 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.50 | 8.51 | top 16.4% | 21 / 110 | |
| Skewb | 7.01 | 14.39 | top 33.7% | 26 / 65 | |
| Clock | 14.88 | 15.60 | top 47.5% | 17 / 40 | |
| Square-1 | 32.84 | 35.99 | top 54.8% | 13 / 17 |
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
- 11 Aug 2023Six personal bests in one day at Panama Nationals 2023.
- 18 Jun 2022Five personal bests in one day at Boquete Big Cubes 2022.
- 5 Mar 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.77 at Back To Cubing Chiriquí 2022.
- 5 Mar 2022Four personal bests in one day at Back To Cubing Chiriquí 2022.
- 21 Dec 2019Six personal bests in one day at Cubing Chiriquí 2019.
- 13 Jul 2019Seven personal bests in one day at Cubing Heredia 2019.
Competitions
- Panama Nationals 2023 · 11 Aug 2023 — 6 personal bests set
- UNACHI Open 2022 · 14 Oct 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Boquete Big Cubes 2022 · 18 Jun 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Back To Cubing Chiriquí 2022 · 5 Mar 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Panamá Kocka 2019 · 28 Dec 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing Chiriquí 2019 · 21 Dec 2019 — 6 personal bests set
- Cubing Heredia 2019 · 13 Jul 2019 — 7 personal bests set
- Cubing Chiriquí 2018 · 15 Dec 2018 — 2 personal bests 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.
- Egdar Castillo — met in 86 rounds, finished ahead 57 times
- Egdar Antonio Castillo Gonzalez — met in 55 rounds, finished ahead 45 times
- Josué Ahmed González — met in 54 rounds, finished ahead 43 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.45 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 3.19 away.
Targets move as he improves.