People · Spain
Mei Ying Melgarejo Cerqueira
2×2 · top 8.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2024 · 2024CERQ01
Mei Ying Melgarejo Cerqueira has been competing for 2 years. Her best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.49, set at Cintruenigo Open 2026, puts her in the top 8.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 353rd in Spain. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since September 2024, she has put 177 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 72% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 19.54 in September 2024 to 12.97, a 34% improvement. Mei 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 | Spain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.49 | 4.94 | top 8.8% | 353 / 3,845 | |
| 3×3 | 12.97 | 14.43 | top 17.3% | 697 / 5,141 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.93 | 11.20 | top 19.5% | 599 / 2,865 | |
| 4×4 | 1:51.91 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,228 / 1,762 | |
| Skewb | 16.84 | 19.66 | top 83.6% | 1,324 / 1,685 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:01.21 | — | top 84.5% | 1,032 / 1,315 |
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
- 25 Jan 2025First sub-15 3×3: 13.39 at Jesuitinas Txantrea Open 2025.
- 25 Jan 2025Three personal bests in one day at Jesuitinas Txantrea Open 2025.
- 26 Oct 2024Four personal bests in one day at Sarriguren Open 2024.
- 19 Oct 2024Three personal bests in one day at Zaragoza Open 2024.
- 14 Sep 2024First competition: Logroño Open 2024. A 19.54 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cintruenigo Open 2026 · 27 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Sarriguren Open 2025 · 25 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cintruénigo Open 2025 · 21 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Iruña Open 2025 · 29 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Jesuitinas Txantrea Open 2025 · 25 Jan 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Sarriguren Open 2024 · 26 Oct 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Zaragoza Open 2024 · 19 Oct 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Logroño Open 2024 · 14 Sep 2024
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 her.
- Pablo Fraile Menendez — met in 38 rounds, finished ahead 24 times
- Aitor Ibañez Larrea — met in 38 rounds, never finished ahead
- Irene Fraile Menéndez — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.49 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.97 away.
Targets move as she improves.