People · Mexico
Rodolfo Emmanuel Santiago Santos
2×2 · top 6.3% of 189,179 all-time · competing since March 2016 · 2016SANT15
Rodolfo Emmanuel Santiago Santos has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.20, set at Todo o Nada - San Andrés Cholula 2025, puts him in the top 6.3% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 232nd in Mexico. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since March 2016, he has put 178 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 19% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 6.83 in March 2016 to 2.20, a 68% improvement. Rodolfo 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 | Mexico | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.20 | 4.30 | top 6.3% | 232 / 3,043 | |
| Skewb | 3.42 | 5.75 | top 7.3% | 134 / 1,176 | |
| 3×3 | 10.18 | 12.67 | top 8.0% | 425 / 4,305 | |
| 4×4 | 43.16 | 47.23 | top 16.0% | 365 / 1,858 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.67 | 11.70 | top 33.5% | 790 / 2,014 | |
| 5×5 | 1:48.52 | 1:55.59 | top 41.7% | 466 / 1,012 | |
| Megaminx | 2:01.60 | 2:15.39 | top 46.7% | 546 / 1,063 | |
| 6×6 | 4:20.09 | — | early days — 1 solve | 373 / 510 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 20 Jul 2024Six personal bests in one day at Guelaguetza Oaxaca 2024.
- 14 Dec 2023First sub-15 3×3: 11.59 at Mexican Championship 2023.
- 26 Mar 2016First competition: Gotirubik Fest 2016. A 16.85 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Guelaguetza Oaxaca 2025 · 19 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Todo o Nada - San Andrés Cholula 2025 · 28 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Guelaguetza Oaxaca 2024 · 20 Jul 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- Mexican Championship 2023 · 14 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Gotirubik Fest 2016 · 26 Mar 2016
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.
- Esteban Elías González Méndez — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Shalem Birzavit Meneses Pérez — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Alexis Rodrigo Cazu Mendoza — met in 27 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.20 away.
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,709 people have one; it is 0.42 away.
Targets move as he improves.