People · United States
Oscar Mercado
Pyraminx · top 6.8% of 129,321 all-time · competing since August 2024 · 2024MERC08
Oscar Mercado has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.82, set at Kansas City Side Events 2025, puts him in the top 6.8% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,736th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since August 2024, he has put 434 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 78% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.18 in August 2024 to 10.36, a 32% improvement. Oscar has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.82 | 6.33 | top 6.8% | 1,736 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 2.28 | 3.87 | top 6.9% | 2,720 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 10.36 | 13.35 | top 8.5% | 4,692 / 59,724 | |
| Clock | 6.48 | 7.61 | top 9.0% | 702 / 8,927 | |
| 4×4 | 43.08 | 49.06 | top 15.9% | 2,407 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 1:19.25 | 1:28.25 | top 18.5% | 1,431 / 9,401 | |
| Megaminx | 1:21.45 | 1:28.79 | top 22.8% | 1,565 / 7,841 | |
| Skewb | 5.65 | 8.32 | top 23.1% | 3,689 / 18,907 | |
| 6×6 | 2:30.01 | 2:33.65 | top 25.6% | 912 / 4,196 | |
| 7×7 | 3:50.35 | 4:05.55 | top 27.3% | 766 / 3,184 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 25.74 | 32.44 | top 36.1% | 4,777 / 15,683 | |
| Square-1 | 25.13 | 33.33 | top 39.5% | 2,561 / 6,743 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 55 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,801 / 2,040 |
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
- 7 Aug 2026Seven personal bests in one day at Missouri Championship 2026.
- 7 Mar 2026Six personal bests in one day at KCKC 9 Big and Awkward 2026.
- 9 Aug 2025Four personal bests in one day at Lawrence Summer 2025.
- 18 Jul 2025Seven personal bests in one day at Missouri Championship 2025.
- 31 May 2025Four personal bests in one day at Doing Time in Leavenworth 2025.
- 3 May 2025First sub-15 3×3: 13.24 at Kansas City Side Events 2025.
Competitions
- Missouri Championship 2026 · 7 Aug 2026 — 7 personal bests set
- KCKC 9 Big and Awkward 2026 · 7 Mar 2026 — 6 personal bests set
- KCKC 8 Cubing for Cake 2025 · 1 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Lawrence Summer 2025 · 9 Aug 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Missouri Championship 2025 · 18 Jul 2025 — 7 personal bests set
- Doing Time in Leavenworth 2025 · 31 May 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Kansas City Side Events 2025 · 3 May 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- KCKC 7 Big and Awkward 2025 · 1 Feb 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- KCKC 6 Cubing for Cake 2024 · 12 Oct 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Missouri Championship 2024 · 16 Aug 2024 — 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.
- Trenton Cuzick — met in 95 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Chaeli Baker — met in 86 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- Shawn Doyle — met in 83 rounds, finished ahead 55 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.82 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.28 away.
Targets move as he improves.