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Rodrigo Castañeda Lopez

4×4 · top 2.7% of 83,917 all-time · competing since July 2016 · 2016LOPE30

Rodrigo Castañeda Lopez has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 29.69, set at Road to Nats: Puebla 2025, puts him in the top 2.7% of the 83,917 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 48th in Mexico. Until April 2012, no official 4×4 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 27 competitions since July 2016, he has put 1,397 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 50% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 4.59 in July 2016 to 1.96, a 57% improvement. Rodrigo has entered 27 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

4×4
best event — top 2.7% of 83,917 all-time
29.69
signature single · Road to Nats: Puebla 2025
1,397
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 50% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingMexico
4×429.6937.80
top 2.7%48 / 1,845
3×38.3510.01
top 3.4%169 / 4,263
Pyraminx3.216.04
top 4.4%106 / 2,003
2×21.962.91
top 4.5%158 / 3,018
Megaminx51.361:01.16
top 5.7%59 / 1,042
5×51:00.931:08.58
top 6.0%60 / 1,010
3×3 one-handed14.1316.74
top 6.4%112 / 1,672
Skewb3.454.96
top 7.4%133 / 1,157
Square-111.6520.76
top 9.2%39 / 516
6×62:05.592:19.14
top 13.5%61 / 510
7×73:22.563:26.72
top 17.1%72 / 472
Clock9.0810.62
top 20.4%157 / 652
3×3 Fewest Moves36 moves40.67
top 33.6%79 / 317

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

Tlaxcala Open 2016: 4.59Tlaxcala Sunshine 2018: 2.54Reto Chignahuapan 2019: 1.96Calmecac Tlaxcala 2023: 2.77Zaragoza Open 2023: 3.53Toros Open 2023: 2.54Volcano in Puebla 2023: 2.81Mexican Championship 2023: 2.29Maxixcatzin Tlaxcala 2024: 3.01Return Open Puebla 2024: 2.38Los Fuertes Puebla 2024: 2.82Puebla de Zaragoza Open 2024: 2.69D Amicis Puebla 2024: 4.41Los Fuertes V2 Puebla 2024: 2.32BUAP: Ingenieros Open 2024: 2.90Mega-Mente Puebla 2025: 2.99NxN Tlaxcala 2025: 2.39444 Puebla 2025: 2.85Todo o Nada - San Andrés Cholula 2025: 2.67Guelaguetza Oaxaca 2025: 2.47Contrarreloj - San Andrés Cholula 2026: 2.63Halcones Tehuacán 2026: 2.74Tlaxcala Open 10 Aniversario 2026: 2.521.964.592 Jul 20164 Jul 2026

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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-25 4×4 single — 588 people have one; it is 4.69 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.35 away.

Targets move as he improves.