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Rafael Antonio Sanchez

3×3 · top 0.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2014 · 2014SANC19

Rafael Antonio Sanchez has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.03, set at Sambil Caracas 2024, puts him in the top 0.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3rd in Venezuela. Until June 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 59 competitions since September 2014, he has put 2,388 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 52% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.24 in September 2014 to 6.03, a 73% improvement. Rafael has entered 59 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.5% of 284,439 all-time
6.03
signature single · Sambil Caracas 2024
2,388
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 52% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingVenezuela
3×36.038.87
top 0.5%3 / 1,005
Megaminx34.2841.28
top 0.58%1 / 115
Pyraminx2.213.81
top 1.5%11 / 410
2×21.462.12
top 2.0%9 / 550
Skewb2.934.24
top 4.7%9 / 151
4×432.6538.74
top 4.7%11 / 258
3×3 one-handed15.3616.49
top 8.8%22 / 262
3×3 Fewest Moves29 moves34.33
top 12.2%2 / 44
5×51:22.001:30.35
top 20.7%19 / 112
Square-120.9030.55
top 30.0%21 / 52
6×63:23.393:47.94
top 52.0%21 / 44
7×75:24.485:41.32
top 58.2%16 / 36
3×3 blindfolded3:29.09—
top 60.7%16 / 29
Clock18.7521.30
top 61.0%40 / 64

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

Valencia Summer 2014: 22.24Cubeando Ando Cojedes 2015: 14.06Festival Del Cubo Caracas 2015: 11.70Jueves Cúbico 2015: 12.29Venezuela Nationals 2015: 11.49Edward's Rubik Day 2016: 10.77ULA Rubiks 2016: 11.54Mango Rubiks 2016: 9.81CojedesRubik 2016: 9.63Edward's Rubiks Day 2017: 10.45Latin America Cubing Tour - Mérida 2017: 9.42Edward Calvo Summer Day 2018: 9.35Barquisimeto Open 2018: 9.65Cubeando Ando Caracas 2018: 8.57Valencia Summer 2018: 9.84Cojedes Cubing 2018: 8.87CinemaCubing San Carlos 2019: 9.37NxN Barquisimeto 2019: 9.12Speed and Music Caracas 2019: 8.85Cojedes Cubing 2019: 9.62Back to Cubing San Carlos 2022: 8.11Cubeando Ando Cojedes 2022: 7.91Sambil Valencia Cubing Day 2023: 8.60Sambil Caracas Edition 2023: 8.14Metropolis Barquisimeto 2023: 8.23Aragua Open 2023: 7.87Yaracuy Open 2023: 7.88Cubing & Books Caracas 2023: 8.63Sambil Valencia 2023: 8.04Rio Lama Barquisimeto 2023: 7.30Venezuela Nationals 2023: 9.01Cubeando Ando Cojedes 2023: 8.23Sambil San Cristobal 2024: 7.47Los Aviadores Aragua 2024: 7.55Sambil Caracas 2024: 6.03Sambil Valencia 2024: 8.04Sambil Barquisimeto 2024: 7.19Cubing Millennium Caracas 2024: 7.48Cubing in Unicentro Maracay 2024: 8.30Ciudad Crepuscular Lara 2024: 8.43Na'Guara Metropolis Lara 2024: 8.01Metropolis Lara League I 2025: 8.68Metropolis Lara League II 2025: 7.37Cubeando en Mérida 2025: 8.77Road to Nats Valencia 2025: 8.47Road to Nats Barquisimeto 2025: 8.16Road to Nats Maracay 2025: 8.71Venezuela Nationals 2025: 7.80Metropolis Lara League III 2025: 8.16Cube Fest Mérida 2026: 7.93Cubik Lara 2026: 9.12Turn It Caracas 2026: 8.82WCA South American Championship 2026: 7.17Road to Nats Barquisimeto 2026: 7.84Road to Nats San Carlos 2026: 7.39Road to Nats Valencia 2026: 8.096.0322.2427 Sep 201430 Aug 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.03 away.
  • A sub-30 Megaminx single — 75 people have one; it is 4.28 away.

Targets move as he improves.