People · El Salvador
Rodrigo Javier Mejía Merino
Pyraminx · top 4.0% of 129,321 all-time · competing since October 2017 · 2017MERI02
Rodrigo Javier Mejía Merino has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.10, set at Défi à l'Alliance Française El Salvador 2026, puts him in the top 4.0% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6th in El Salvador. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since October 2017, he has put 356 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 20% around a typical one; 99% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 32.88 in October 2017 to 16.31, a 50% improvement. Rodrigo has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | El Salvador | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.10 | 8.16 | top 4.0% | 6 / 161 | |
| Skewb | 5.14 | 8.11 | top 19.3% | 16 / 73 | |
| Megaminx | 1:30.64 | 2:17.49 | top 28.6% | 13 / 35 | |
| 3×3 | 16.31 | 18.26 | top 28.8% | 94 / 351 | |
| 4×4 | 54.06 | 1:05.66 | top 29.6% | 34 / 100 | |
| 2×2 | 4.86 | 5.86 | top 37.5% | 87 / 248 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 44.84 | 59.96 | top 71.4% | 73 / 98 | |
| 5×5 | 2:46.83 | — | early days — 2 solves | 41 / 58 |
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
- 30 Jun 2024Four personal bests in one day at Cubing Acton El Salvador 2024.
- 30 Nov 2019Three personal bests in one day at Nacionales El Salvador 2019.
- 6 Apr 2019First sub-20 3×3: 19.42 at Copa Lamatepec 2019.
- 27 Oct 2018First sub-30 3×3: 25.27 at Nacionales El Salvador 2018.
- 27 Oct 2018Three personal bests in one day at Nacionales El Salvador 2018.
- 29 Oct 2017First competition: Happy Cubing El Salvador 2017. A 32.88 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Défi à l'Alliance Française El Salvador 2026 · 27 Jun 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Credisa Open 2025 · 8 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Desafío Cubo CRAI UCA 2024 · 22 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing Acton El Salvador 2024 · 30 Jun 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Guazapa Open 2023 · 8 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Desafío de Memoria en el MUPI 2023 · 21 Jan 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubeando en El Cubo Z 2022 · 18 Sep 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Auditorium de la Paz Cubea 2022 · 14 Aug 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Reto del Guaz 2022 · 21 May 2022
- Happy Cubing Acton Fall 2021 · 27 Nov 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Happy Cubing Acton 2021 · 27 Jun 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Nacionales El Salvador 2019 · 30 Nov 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Copa Lamatepec 2019 · 6 Apr 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Nacionales El Salvador 2018 · 27 Oct 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Santa Tecla Cubo Desafio 2018 · 21 Jan 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Happy Cubing El Salvador 2017 · 29 Oct 2017
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.
- Luis Alonso Inestroza Henriquez — met in 69 rounds, finished ahead 21 times
- Samuel Cuellar Ramirez — met in 59 rounds, finished ahead once
- Edgardo Gálvez — met in 54 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.10 away.
- A sub-5 Skewb single — 13,285 people have one; it is 0.14 away.
Targets move as he improves.