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Miguel Diaz
3×3 · top 4.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2015 · 2015DIAZ02
Miguel Diaz has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.88, set at Berkeley December Weekday 2025, puts him in the top 4.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,551st in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since February 2015, he has put 407 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 53% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 40.18 in February 2015 to 8.88, a 78% improvement. Miguel has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.88 | 11.37 | top 4.6% | 2,551 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.28 | 4.71 | top 6.9% | 2,720 / 40,951 | |
| Square-1 | 11.57 | 14.21 | top 9.0% | 645 / 6,743 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.28 | 5.11 | top 9.1% | 2,358 / 28,708 | |
| 4×4 | 38.17 | 42.98 | top 10.0% | 1,486 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 1:09.71 | 1:18.05 | top 11.4% | 882 / 9,401 | |
| Megaminx | 1:02.83 | 1:10.84 | top 11.4% | 772 / 7,841 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.81 | 22.39 | top 12.1% | 1,579 / 15,683 | |
| Clock | 7.59 | 8.55 | top 13.3% | 1,019 / 8,927 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:03.72 | — | top 14.3% | 274 / 2,092 | |
| 6×6 | 2:11.54 | 2:26.47 | top 16.0% | 572 / 4,196 | |
| Skewb | 5.16 | 5.65 | top 19.4% | 3,087 / 18,907 | |
| 7×7 | 3:38.62 | 3:57.03 | top 22.9% | 652 / 3,184 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 45 moves | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,364 / 2,040 | |
| 4×4 blindfolded | 12:09.00 | — | early days — 1 solve | 279 / 440 | |
| 5×5 blindfolded | 23:41.00 | — | early days — 1 solve | 159 / 218 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 2 of 4 cubes · 18:32 | — | early days — 2 solves | 696 / 731 |
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
- 3 Jul 2025Five personal bests in one day at Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025.
- 25 Jun 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.97 at West Coast Cubing Tour: Berkeley 2025.
- 25 Jun 2025Three personal bests in one day at West Coast Cubing Tour: Berkeley 2025.
- 23 Mar 2025Five personal bests in one day at Santa Rosa Spring 2025.
- 10 Sep 2022Three personal bests in one day at Berkeley Fall 2022.
- 20 Aug 2022Four personal bests in one day at SacCubing XII 2022.
Competitions
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 69 2026 · 29 Aug 2026
- Berkeley Favorites 2026 · 1 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Berkeley February Weekday 2026 · 6 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley December Weekday 2025 · 2 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley Fall 2025 · 4 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 · 3 Jul 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- West Coast Cubing Tour: Berkeley 2025 · 25 Jun 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Santa Rosa Spring 2025 · 23 Mar 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- SacQuiet Fall 2023 · 16 Sep 2023
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 42 2023 · 18 Mar 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Berkeley Fall 2022 · 10 Sep 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- SacCubing XII 2022 · 20 Aug 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 19 2019 · 18 Aug 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Western Championship 2018 · 15 Jun 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- SacCubing III 2018 · 27 Jan 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Berkeley Winter 2016 · 20 Feb 2016 — 1 personal best set
- BASC 5: Everything But 2x2 2015 · 28 Feb 2015
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.
- Mitchell Lane — met in 70 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Jason Ostdiek — met in 58 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
- Nolan Yiu — met in 56 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.88 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.28 away.
Targets move as he improves.