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Salma Sydykov Méndez

3×3 · top 0.46% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2022 · 2022MEND15

Salma Sydykov Méndez has been competing for 4 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 5.95, set at Aragón Treasure 2024, puts her in the top 0.46% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 12th in Mexico. Until June 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 43 competitions since July 2022, she has put 1,661 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 64% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 9.26 in July 2022 to 5.95, a 36% improvement. Salma has entered 43 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.46% of 284,439 all-time
5.95
signature single · Aragón Treasure 2024
1,661
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 64% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingMexico
3×35.957.50
top 0.46%12 / 4,263
2×21.202.74
top 1.0%32 / 3,018
5×551.061:08.44
top 2.1%11 / 1,010
3×3 one-handed11.2914.38
top 2.2%36 / 1,672
4×429.1034.95
top 2.3%40 / 1,845
Megaminx51.9958.41
top 6.0%64 / 1,042
Pyraminx4.006.71
top 7.6%193 / 2,003
3×3 Fewest Moves27 moves31.33
top 8.0%8 / 317
Skewb3.987.17
top 10.8%180 / 1,157
6×62:00.722:05.10
top 11.3%49 / 510
7×73:22.243:33.54
top 17.0%71 / 472
Clock14.4920.80
top 45.8%325 / 652
3×3 blindfolded4:35.225:18.44
top 75.4%154 / 251
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 3 cubes · 28:43—
early days — 1 solve76 / 87

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

Tunas Open 2022: 9.26Fénix México 2022: 8.97La Silla III 2022: 10.02Cubing Tlaxcala 2023: 8.70IZcube 2023: 6.05German Open 2023: 8.00TizaCubing 2023: 6.17Toros Open 2023: 7.76Cronos Querétaro 2023: 7.37Jojutla Morelos 2023: 7.87Speed Cubing Fest Pachuca 2023: 7.32Volcano in Puebla 2023: 6.97Bajío Open 2023: 7.22Mexican Championship 2023: 7.03Prescott Cubing Winter 2024: 8.17Rubí Guanajuato 2024: 7.86Maxixcatzin Tlaxcala 2024: 7.07Los Fuertes Puebla 2024: 7.52Donas en Tlalocan Volumen 1 2024: 6.87Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024: 7.67Aragón Treasure 2024: 5.95Texcoco Open Y 2024: 7.43SilencESCOM 2024: 8.71Pony Open Morelia 2024: 6.07Yollotl Tlaxcala 2024: 7.89BUAP: Ingenieros Open 2024: 7.46Ruta Cubera Izcalli Clásico 2025: 6.74SMA Open 2025: 6.15Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 7.75Minerva Zapopan 2025: 6.23Cubing Express Buenavista 2025: 6.71SilencESFM 2025: 7.90Clásico Tlaxcala 2025: 8.80Clocking Manía Coacalco 2025: 6.45Yollotl Tlaxcala 2025: 6.65Mexican Championship 2025: 6.42Contrarreloj - San Andrés Cholula 2026: 6.59Vaquita Morelia 2026: 6.57Icpitl Tlaxcala 2026: 6.615.9510.0216 Jul 20228 Aug 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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.95 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.20 away.

Targets move as she improves.