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Ricardo Zapata Cruz

Pyraminx · top 1.3% of 129,321 all-time · competing since July 2018 · 2018CRUZ17

Ricardo Zapata Cruz has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.07, set at Cosmocentro 2022, puts him in the top 1.3% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5th in Venezuela. Until July 2011, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 31 competitions since July 2018, he has put 2,190 official solves on the record across 16 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 90% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.66 in July 2018 to 7.90, a 55% improvement. Ricardo has entered 31 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 1.3% of 129,321 all-time
2.07
signature single · Cosmocentro 2022
2,190
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 90% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingVenezuela
Pyraminx2.075.12
top 1.3%5 / 410
Skewb2.174.40
top 1.8%2 / 151
2×21.452.87
top 1.9%8 / 550
3×37.909.42
top 2.6%14 / 1,005
4×430.3634.65
top 3.0%4 / 258
3×3 one-handed12.3613.03
top 3.5%7 / 262
Square-110.3512.43
top 6.7%4 / 52
Megaminx56.201:02.89
top 8.0%10 / 115
5×51:07.881:12.99
top 10.2%7 / 112
Clock7.659.04
top 13.6%8 / 64
6×62:13.402:28.04
top 17.0%3 / 44
7×73:44.733:56.76
top 25.2%3 / 36
3×3 blindfolded1:38.421:52.33
top 26.0%5 / 29
3×3 Fewest Moves40 moves—
top 48.3%17 / 44
4×4 blindfolded11:30.00—
early days — 1 solve2 / 2
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 3 cubes · 8:38—
early days — 2 solves8 / 9

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

Colombia Nationals 2018: 17.66Cali Cube 2018: 14.41CUDES Cali 2019: 12.73Sin Fronteras Ecuador 2019: 13.85CUDES Cali 2020: 12.44Aves María El Renacimiento 2021: 9.13Nacionales Fénix Colombia 2021: 10.72Bogotá Open 2021: 10.18Ibarra Open 2022: 10.23Neiva Open 2022: 8.36UNAC Medellín 2022: 10.42Cosmocentro 2022: 9.26Ecuador Nationals 2022: 9.24Bibliopen Cali 2022: 10.18Yumbo 2023: 9.74Cali Vuelve 2024: 8.65Prenacionales Colombia 2024: 9.71Yumbo Univalle 2024: 9.33Único Cali 2024: 9.78La Estacion Cali 2025: 8.26Cubing Comicfest Armenia 2025: 8.95Chipichape al Cubo 2025: 9.08Cubing Comicfest Cali 2025: 9.73Yumbo al Cubo 2025: 8.27Cubing Comicfest Cali II 2025: 8.13MYHM Colombian Nationals Eje Cafetero 2025: 8.69Chipichape al Cubo II 2026: 7.90Coliseo al Gratín Yumbo 2026: 9.56WCA South American Championship 2026: 9.32Bibliopen IV Cali 2026: 9.487.9017.6620 Jul 201829 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-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.07 away.
  • A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.17 away.

Targets move as he improves.