People · Mexico
Pablo Torres Sainz
2×2 · top 9.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since February 2018 · 2018SAIN02
Pablo Torres Sainz has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.52, set at Los Fuertes Puebla 2024, puts him in the top 9.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 337th in Mexico. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since February 2018, he has put 104 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.18 in February 2018 to 11.35, a 14% improvement. Pablo has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Mexico | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.52 | 4.99 | top 9.1% | 337 / 3,018 | |
| 3×3 | 11.35 | 13.56 | top 11.6% | 627 / 4,263 | |
| 4×4 | 51.99 | — | early days — 2 solves | 613 / 1,845 | |
| 5×5 | 1:31.10 | 1:43.98 | top 28.2% | 326 / 1,010 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.94 | — | early days — 2 solves | 554 / 1,672 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.89 | 13.48 | top 35.3% | 831 / 2,003 | |
| Megaminx | 2:37.65 | 2:51.66 | top 65.0% | 713 / 1,042 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 4:21.04 | — | early days — 3 solves | 152 / 251 | |
| Skewb | 13.98 | 24.12 | top 74.7% | 921 / 1,157 |
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
- 29 Jun 2024Four personal bests in one day at Los Fuertes Puebla 2024.
- 17 Feb 2018First competition: TimerTon 2018. A 14.72 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Naucalli Ce 2025 · 19 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Los Fuertes Puebla 2024 · 29 Jun 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- TizaCubing 2023 · 17 Jun 2023
- Fénix México 2022 · 3 Sep 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- TimerTon 2018 · 17 Feb 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.
- Emilio Alberto Rodríguez Jiménez — met in 26 rounds, never finished ahead
- Benjamin Sanchez Magaña — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- José Alan Durán Nava — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.52 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.35 away.
Targets move as he improves.