People · United States
Rigoberto Cruz
3×3 · top 8.3% of 288,433 all-time · competing since June 2023 · 2023CRUZ22
Rigoberto Cruz has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.26, set at Berkeley Winter 2025, puts him in the top 8.3% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,617th in the United States. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since June 2023, he has put 140 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 89% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.62 in June 2023 to 10.26, a 25% improvement. Rigoberto has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.26 | 11.88 | top 8.3% | 4,617 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 3.72 | 7.36 | top 23.0% | 9,157 / 41,674 | |
| Skewb | 7.20 | 12.31 | top 35.3% | 6,054 / 19,164 | |
| 4×4 | 1:20.21 | — | top 56.1% | 9,768 / 19,354 | |
| Clock | 20.20 | 23.41 | top 65.3% | 5,729 / 9,172 | |
| Megaminx | 2:45.14 | — | early days — 2 solves | 5,380 / 8,026 | |
| Pyraminx | 13.39 | 18.17 | top 75.0% | 22,573 / 29,168 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 50.99 | — | top 77.6% | 11,534 / 15,900 | |
| 5×5 | 3:18.20 | — | early days — 2 solves | 7,814 / 9,537 | |
| Square-1 | 1:57.39 | — | early days — 2 solves | 6,780 / 6,846 |
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
- 8 Feb 2025Three personal bests in one day at Berkeley Winter 2025.
- 17 Jun 2023First competition: Claws Up Summer 2023. A 16.32 3×3 single to start from.
- 17 Jun 2023First sub-15 3×3: 13.62 at Claws Up Summer 2023.
Competitions
- Berkeley Winter 2025 · 8 Feb 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 61 - San Jose 2024 · 27 Apr 2024
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 60 - Mountain View 2024 · 6 Apr 2024
- Vegas Cubing Cup Winter 2024 · 3 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Berkeley Fall 2023 · 18 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 53 - Berkeley 2023 · 14 Oct 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Berkeley Summer 2023 · 26 Aug 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Claws Up Summer 2023 · 17 Jun 2023 — 2 personal bests 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.
- Kenji Gipson-Nahman — met in 30 rounds, never finished ahead
- Sebastian Stone — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead once
- Jonathan Rutenberg — met in 27 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.26 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.72 away.
Targets move as he improves.