People · Bolivia
Rodrigo Paz Vaca
2×2 · top 0.094% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2015 · 2015VACA01
Rodrigo Paz Vaca has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.67, set at SCZ Speedcubing Party 2023, puts him in the top 0.094% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1st in Bolivia. Until June 2015, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 35 competitions since May 2015, he has put 2,413 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 69% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 9.94 in May 2015 to 5.85, a 41% improvement. Rodrigo has entered 35 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Bolivia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 0.67 | 2.62 | top 0.094% | 1 / 1,269 | |
| 3×3 | 5.85 | 6.95 | top 0.4% | 1 / 2,776 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 8.90 | 11.37 | top 0.47% | 1 / 425 | |
| 4×4 | 29.28 | 34.93 | top 2.4% | 9 / 504 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.78 | 4.63 | top 2.9% | 13 / 938 | |
| Megaminx | 44.88 | 51.62 | top 3.0% | 5 / 240 | |
| 5×5 | 55.03 | 1:07.56 | top 3.4% | 7 / 220 | |
| Skewb | 4.47 | 7.04 | top 14.2% | 48 / 257 | |
| Square-1 | 20.14 | 26.94 | top 28.3% | 23 / 83 | |
| 6×6 | 2:38.21 | 3:08.06 | top 29.8% | 30 / 84 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 35 moves | 42.00 | top 30.0% | 10 / 63 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:08.16 | 2:37.67 | top 36.2% | 18 / 48 | |
| 7×7 | 5:16.81 | — | top 55.9% | 43 / 70 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 2 of 2 cubes · 14:49 | — | early days — 3 solves | 14 / 19 | |
| Clock | 24.19 | 1:00.24 | top 75.1% | 82 / 109 |
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
- 4 Jun 2022Three personal bests in one day at Sunset Cubing Santa Cruz 2022.
- 5 Jul 2018Five personal bests in one day at Bolivia Nationals 2018.
- 12 May 2018Five personal bests in one day at Speedcuber Forever 2018.
- 14 Apr 2018Three personal bests in one day at Friends & Cubes SC 2018.
- 19 Jan 2018Five personal bests in one day at Speed in Colors 2018.
- 4 Nov 2017Six personal bests in one day at Yo Rubik 2.0 S-C 2017.
Competitions
- Cubing School SCZ 2026 · 15 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Cuñape Open SCZ 2026 · 23 Jan 2026
- Viña Cubing Fest V SC 2025 · 7 Nov 2025
- Cubing Coffee Santa Cruz 2024 · 17 Feb 2024
- Bolivia Cubing Tour - SCZ 2024 · 27 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Viña Cubing Fest III 2023 · 18 Nov 2023
- SCZ Speedcubing Party 2023 · 15 Oct 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- De La Sierra Cubing 2023 · 10 Jun 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Viña Cubing Fest II 2023 · 14 May 2023
- FMC Latin America 2023 · 25 Mar 2023
- Sunset Cubing Santa Cruz 2022 · 4 Jun 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Fast Kids Santa Cruz 2022 · 23 Apr 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- New Beginning Santa Cruz 2021 · 10 Dec 2021
- Villa Rosita 2020 · 25 Jan 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- Cube Party Santa Cruz 2019 · 5 Oct 2019
- Unifranz Santa Cruz 2019 · 12 Jul 2019
- New Challenge Santa Cruz 2019 · 27 Apr 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Speed Challenge Santa Cruz 2019 · 12 Jan 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Santa Cruz Open 2018 · 18 Nov 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Santa Cruz Spring Open 2018 · 29 Sep 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Bolivia Nationals 2018 · 5 Jul 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- Speedcuber Forever 2018 · 12 May 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- Friends & Cubes SC 2018 · 14 Apr 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Speed in Colors 2018 · 19 Jan 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- Christmas Cube 2017 · 16 Dec 2017
- Yo Rubik 2.0 S-C 2017 · 4 Nov 2017 — 6 personal bests set
- Santa Cruz Winter 2017 · 5 Aug 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Copa Rubik Simon I. Patiño 2017 · 30 Apr 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Santa Cruz Rubik's Challenge 2017 · 27 Jan 2017 — 5 personal bests set
- Yo Rubik 2016 · 3 Sep 2016 — 8 personal bests set
- Bolivia Nationals 2016 · 1 Jul 2016 — 7 personal bests set
- UAB Open Challenge 2016 · 16 Mar 2016 — 7 personal bests set
- Rubikeros Open 2016 · 29 Jan 2016 — 7 personal bests set
- Cochabamba Open 2015 · 26 Sep 2015 — 4 personal bests set
- Santa Cruz Open 2015 · 30 May 2015 — 1 personal best 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.
- Fabricio Andrés Yañez Terrazas — met in 387 rounds, finished ahead 331 times
- Joseph Daniel Blas Sanchez — met in 349 rounds, finished ahead 305 times
- Rodrigo Ugarte — met in 282 rounds, finished ahead 201 times
Next targets
- A sub-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.85 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 one-handed single — 151 people have one; it is 0.90 away.
Targets move as he improves.