People · Panama
Miguel Ángel Hernández
3×3 · top 2.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2018 · 2018HERN42
Miguel Ángel Hernández has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.72, set at Desafío 50 Años Altaplaza 2024, puts him in the top 2.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5th in Panama. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since December 2018, he has put 424 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 76% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.55 in December 2018 to 7.72, a 33% improvement. Miguel has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% 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 | 7.72 | 8.58 | top 2.3% | 5 / 278 | |
| 4×4 | 30.81 | 41.73 | top 3.3% | 4 / 71 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 13.16 | 15.80 | top 4.7% | 3 / 77 | |
| 5×5 | 59.06 | 1:07.69 | top 5.0% | 3 / 33 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.93 | 5.83 | top 7.3% | 8 / 110 | |
| 6×6 | 2:12.06 | 2:20.57 | top 16.4% | 4 / 17 | |
| 7×7 | 3:20.61 | 3:33.55 | top 16.5% | 4 / 14 | |
| 2×2 | 3.96 | 5.61 | top 26.0% | 54 / 192 | |
| Megaminx | 2:08.61 | — | early days — 1 solve | 22 / 36 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 43 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 9 / 16 | |
| Square-1 | 42.41 | 56.34 | top 68.3% | 14 / 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
- 18 Jun 2022Four personal bests in one day at Boquete Big Cubes 2022.
- 5 Mar 2022First sub-10 3×3: 8.39 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.
- 15 Dec 2018First competition: Cubing Chiriquí 2018. A 11.72 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Beyond the Cube PTY 2025 · 16 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Panama Nationals 2024 · 16 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Desafío 50 Años Altaplaza 2024 · 1 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Skewb Wins Panamá 2024 · 18 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Carnaval Cubero Azuero 2024 · 24 Feb 2024
- Panama Nationals 2023 · 11 Aug 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Pre-Nacionales UP 2023 · 8 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- UNACHI Open 2022 · 14 Oct 2022
- Boquete Big Cubes 2022 · 18 Jun 2022 — 4 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 Chiriquí 2018 · 15 Dec 2018 — 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.
- Egdar Castillo — met in 88 rounds, finished ahead 69 times
- Josué Ahmed González — met in 67 rounds, finished ahead 58 times
- Luis Angel Soto Castillo — met in 54 rounds, finished ahead 31 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.72 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 0.81 away.
Targets move as he improves.