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Rodrigo Zarate

3×3 blindfolded · top 3.3% of 12,178 all-time · competing since November 2014 · 2014ZARA01

Rodrigo Zarate has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3 blindfolded: a personal-best single of 26.37, set at UNSA Speedcubing Primavera 2023, puts him in the top 3.3% of the 12,178 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5th in Peru. Until October 2012, no official 3×3 blindfolded solve in the world had been that fast. Across 49 competitions since November 2014, he has put 1,530 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 57% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 32.83 in November 2014 to 10.17, a 69% improvement. Rodrigo has entered 49 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 blindfolded
best event — top 3.3% of 12,178 all-time
26.37
signature single · UNSA Speedcubing Primavera 2023
1,530
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 57% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingPeru
3×3 blindfolded26.3731.99
top 3.3%5 / 134
3×3 one-handed13.6217.45
top 5.5%68 / 812
3×3 Multi-Blind16 of 16 cubes · 59:24—
top 7.6%3 / 46
3×310.1713.48
top 8.0%338 / 4,344
2×22.444.33
top 8.3%232 / 2,419
Clock6.849.11
top 10.3%19 / 139
Pyraminx4.598.37
top 10.8%167 / 1,366
4×445.3152.91
top 18.7%242 / 844
3×3 Fewest Moves32 moves35.67
top 20.4%21 / 78
Megaminx1:36.301:45.42
top 32.2%222 / 372
5×51:44.981:56.19
top 39.2%196 / 329
6×63:15.173:25.99
top 48.2%98 / 145
Skewb9.0211.00
top 48.5%290 / 495
4×4 blindfolded9:10.61—
top 52.8%7 / 13
7×75:07.295:27.08
top 52.9%87 / 111
Square-138.3642.68
top 63.3%110 / 139
5×5 blindfolded35:04.00—
early days — 3 solves6 / 7

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

Game Pro Tour 2014: 32.83Hunter Open 2015: 18.43TCG & Friends Arequipa 2015: 20.25TCG & Friends 2015: 20.73San Martin Open 2015: 17.77Tecsup Speedcubing Open 2015: 18.17Torneo Aventura Cubica 2016: 14.52TCG Welcome 2016: 13.18UCSM Supérate Open 2016: 15.65Bolivia Nationals 2016: 10.58Campeonato Nacional Perubik 2016: 14.60Game Pro Tour 2016: 12.41Taiwan Championship 2016: 14.16Maru Cube Day 2017: 13.63Campeonato Nacional Perubik 2017: 13.38FIGHT Peru 2017: 12.52Juliaca Speedcubing 2017: 12.83TCG Spring 2017: 11.98Colegio Newton Yura 2018: 12.30San Jose Cubing 2018: 11.14Speedcubing Ilo 2018: 12.00Peru Nationals 2018: 12.69Mariano Melgar Speedcubing 2018: 12.10Salesianos Open 2018: 12.23Game Pro Tour 2018: 12.48TCG Deluxe 2019: 10.41Newton Speedcubing 2019: 12.69TCG Fall 2019: 12.39Pre-Nacionales Arequipa 2019: 13.91Peru Nationals 2019: 10.17Tianjin Autumn 2019: 13.98Harbin Open 2019: 13.51Back To Cubing Arequipa 2021: 13.25Chiclayano Talent Is Here 2022: 13.48Lima Cuberano 2022: 12.86Peru Nationals 2022: 13.11Peru Nationals 2023: 15.20Peru Nationals 2025: 14.0510.1732.8329 Nov 201429 Aug 2025

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-25 3×3 blindfolded single — 355 people have one; it is 1.37 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 1.62 away.

Targets move as he improves.