People · Mexico
Raúl Emiliano Cortés Medina
3×3 · top 4.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2025 · 2025MEDI04
Raúl Emiliano Cortés Medina has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.68, set at Las Palmas Ahome 2026, puts him in the top 4.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 204th in Mexico. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since April 2025, he has put 115 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.34 in April 2025 to 8.68, a 35% improvement. He has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Mexico | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.68 | 10.42 | top 4.1% | 204 / 4,263 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.21 | 3.85 | top 4.4% | 106 / 2,003 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.60 | 20.44 | top 11.6% | 209 / 1,672 | |
| 2×2 | 2.99 | 5.04 | top 14.1% | 549 / 3,018 | |
| 4×4 | 42.05 | 51.52 | top 14.6% | 327 / 1,845 | |
| Megaminx | 1:55.71 | 2:10.98 | top 43.5% | 498 / 1,042 | |
| 5×5 | 1:54.51 | 2:04.83 | top 45.7% | 514 / 1,010 |
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
- 16 May 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.10 at Las Palmas Ahome 2026.
- 16 May 2026Six personal bests in one day at Las Palmas Ahome 2026.
- 4 Oct 2025Three personal bests in one day at MalecOpen Mazatlán 2025.
- 5 Apr 2025First competition: Mano Salada Mazatlán 2025. A 13.34 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Las Palmas Ahome 2026 · 16 May 2026 — 6 personal bests set
- MalecOpen Mazatlán 2025 · 4 Oct 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Mano Salada Mazatlán 2025 · 5 Apr 2025
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.
- Daniel Isaac Garcia Arechiga — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Héctor Omar Salazar Obeso — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
- Jesús Armando Aguirre Ibarra — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.68 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.21 away.
Targets move as he improves.