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Rodrigo Cortés García

2×2 · top 1.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2016 · 2016GARC50

Rodrigo Cortés García has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.45, set at McBaja I 2026, puts him in the top 1.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 61st in Mexico. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 38 competitions since October 2016, he has put 1,363 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 94% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.93 in October 2016 to 10.97, a 27% improvement. Rodrigo has entered 38 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 1.9% of 186,767 all-time
1.45
signature single · McBaja I 2026
1,363
official solves on the record
17%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 94% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingMexico
2×21.454.68
top 1.9%61 / 3,018
Pyraminx3.815.89
top 6.8%173 / 2,003
3×3 one-handed14.8318.83
top 7.8%131 / 1,672
3×310.9712.11
top 10.4%563 / 4,263
4×444.0052.70
top 17.0%377 / 1,845
Square-118.7922.18
top 25.2%109 / 516
5×51:29.391:35.84
top 26.8%302 / 1,010
Megaminx1:32.551:49.44
top 29.8%332 / 1,042
Clock12.5016.19
top 37.4%267 / 652
Skewb7.8312.37
top 40.0%553 / 1,157
6×63:06.963:25.14
top 44.2%232 / 510
7×75:37.716:21.10
top 61.9%281 / 472
3×3 Fewest Moves53 moves—
early days — 2 solves257 / 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

Speedcube Baja Open 2016: 14.93Speedcube Baja Open 2022: 12.96Pitic Open 2023: 14.02Jaguar Open 2023: 14.35Baja Spring 2023: 11.69Jaguar Open V2 2023: 14.33Búfalo Open 2023: 14.56Speedcube Baja Open 2023: 14.35Baja Spring 2024: 11.91Mexicali Rose 2024: 13.44Pocos Cupos Tijuana 2024: 12.23Baja Favorites 2024: 12.56Iglú Open Tijuana 2024: 14.05Speedcube Baja Open 2024: 11.76Sendero Tijuana 2024: 12.985 Valles Mexicali 2025: 14.36Baja Spring 2025: 12.67McBaja 2025: 13.45McBaja II 2025: 12.21Baja Warm Up I 2025: 15.05Baja Warm Up II 2025: 12.91Baja Warm Up III 2025: 13.41Baja Warm Up IV 2025: 12.35MalecOpen Mazatlán 2025: 13.96SpeedCube Baja Open 2025: 12.38McBaja III 2025: 13.42El Centinela Mexicali 2025: 11.61Sendero Tijuana 2025: 11.71Mexican Championship 2025: 14.05McBaja I 2026: 10.97Baja Warm Up I 2026: 12.97Baja Spring 2026: 12.08McBaja II 2026: 14.32Flaming Mexicali 2026: 12.4810.9715.0516 Oct 201618 Apr 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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.45 away.
  • A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.81 away.

Targets move as he improves.