People · El Salvador
Rafael Eduardo Leiva Cartagena
2×2 · top 29.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since June 2024 · 2024CART08
Rafael Eduardo Leiva Cartagena has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 4.21, set at Défi à l'Alliance Française El Salvador 2026, puts him in the top 29.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 66th in El Salvador. Across 5 competitions since June 2024, he has put 90 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.61 in June 2024 to 16.52, a 35% improvement. Rafael 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 | El Salvador | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 4.21 | 6.24 | top 29.2% | 66 / 248 | |
| 3×3 | 16.52 | 18.92 | top 29.5% | 98 / 351 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.23 | 11.35 | top 38.2% | 54 / 161 | |
| 4×4 | 1:23.61 | — | early days — 3 solves | 56 / 100 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 40.83 | — | early days — 2 solves | 64 / 98 | |
| Skewb | 16.04 | 17.33 | top 81.4% | 56 / 73 |
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
- 27 Jun 2026Three personal bests in one day at Défi à l'Alliance Française El Salvador 2026.
- 29 Nov 2024First sub-20 3×3: 17.01 at Nacionales El Salvador 2024.
- 29 Nov 2024Four personal bests in one day at Nacionales El Salvador 2024.
- 30 Jun 2024First competition: Cubing Acton El Salvador 2024. A 25.61 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Défi à l'Alliance Française El Salvador 2026 · 27 Jun 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubeando en El Cubo Z 2025 · 30 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Nacionales El Salvador 2024 · 29 Nov 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Desafío Cubo CRAI UCA 2024 · 22 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing Acton El Salvador 2024 · 30 Jun 2024
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.
- Luis Alonso Inestroza Henriquez — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Elvis Isaí Rosales Hernández — met in 20 rounds, never finished ahead
- José Enrique Jiménez — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.21 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.52 away.
Targets move as he improves.