People · Mexico
Luis Enrique Cruz Acosta
3×3 · top 3.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2016 · 2016ACOS10
Luis Enrique Cruz Acosta has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.44, set at McBaja III 2025, puts him in the top 3.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 178th in Mexico. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 22 competitions since October 2016, he has put 390 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% 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 15.43 in October 2016 to 8.44, a 45% improvement. Luis has entered 22 competitions, more competitions than 97% 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 | 8.44 | 12.01 | top 3.6% | 178 / 4,263 | |
| 4×4 | 38.67 | 44.59 | top 10.5% | 233 / 1,845 | |
| 5×5 | 1:18.30 | 1:25.70 | top 17.8% | 200 / 1,010 | |
| 7×7 | 3:55.08 | 4:07.11 | top 28.8% | 139 / 472 | |
| 6×6 | 2:43.71 | 2:54.45 | top 32.8% | 169 / 510 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.74 | 14.34 | top 42.6% | 970 / 2,003 | |
| 2×2 | 6.06 | 8.24 | top 51.5% | 1,775 / 3,018 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 2:58.65 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,661 / 1,672 |
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 Sep 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.96 at Baja Warm Up I 2025.
- 14 Mar 2025Three personal bests in one day at Baja Spring 2025.
- 20 Jul 2024Four personal bests in one day at Baja Favorites 2024.
- 23 Mar 2024Four personal bests in one day at Baja Spring 2024.
- 15 Oct 2022First sub-15 3×3: 13.11 at Speedcube Baja Open 2022.
- 16 Oct 2016First competition: Speedcube Baja Open 2016. A 15.43 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Baja Spring 2026 · 14 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Baja Warm Up I 2026 · 28 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- McBaja I 2026 · 24 Jan 2026
- Mexican Championship 2025 · 18 Dec 2025
- Sendero Tijuana 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- McBaja III 2025 · 1 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- SpeedCube Baja Open 2025 · 17 Oct 2025
- Baja Warm Up IV 2025 · 27 Sep 2025
- Baja Warm Up III 2025 · 20 Sep 2025
- Baja Warm Up II 2025 · 13 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Baja Warm Up I 2025 · 6 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- OH Madness Baja 2025 · 12 Jul 2025
- McBaja II 2025 · 21 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Westview Cubing Favorites 2025 · 1 Jun 2025
- UCSD Blind and Big 2025 · 10 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- McBaja 2025 · 3 May 2025
- Cubing by the Border Tijuana 2025 · 26 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Baja Spring 2025 · 14 Mar 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Baja Favorites 2024 · 20 Jul 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Baja Spring 2024 · 23 Mar 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Speedcube Baja Open 2022 · 15 Oct 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Speedcube Baja Open 2016 · 16 Oct 2016
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.
- Jesús Armando Aguirre Ibarra — met in 83 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Daniel Isaac Garcia Arechiga — met in 78 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
- Ian Yazid Zavala — met in 72 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.44 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 8.67 away.
Targets move as he improves.