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Samuel Hernandez Castro

3×3 · top 4.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2016 · 2016CAST31

Samuel Hernandez Castro has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.63, set at Conde Open 2019, puts him in the top 4.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 200th in Mexico. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 47 competitions since June 2016, he has put 1,379 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 67% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.19 in June 2016 to 8.63, a 59% improvement. Samuel has entered 47 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 4.0% of 284,439 all-time
8.63
signature single · Conde Open 2019
1,379
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 67% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingMexico
3×38.6311.15
top 4.0%200 / 4,263
3×3 blindfolded33.2053.32
top 5.0%11 / 251
Skewb3.526.82
top 7.9%138 / 1,157
3×3 one-handed15.6419.43
top 9.4%158 / 1,672
Pyraminx4.368.31
top 9.5%243 / 2,003
4×4 blindfolded3:25.205:26.18
top 10.5%3 / 38
Clock7.068.17
top 11.1%94 / 652
4×439.8748.02
top 12.0%264 / 1,845
2×22.974.31
top 13.9%543 / 3,018
3×3 Multi-Blind10 of 10 cubes · 50:37—
top 16.3%14 / 87
Megaminx1:12.971:29.13
top 17.4%195 / 1,042
Square-115.9520.88
top 18.6%79 / 516
3×3 Fewest Moves34 moves42.33
top 26.7%51 / 317
5×51:30.591:41.38
top 27.8%316 / 1,010
5×5 blindfolded13:45.00—
top 35.9%9 / 19
7×74:31.524:49.78
top 41.6%202 / 472
6×63:02.853:07.61
top 42.4%224 / 510

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

Metro Cubing Fest 2016: 21.19Tlaxcala Open Clásico 2017: 13.62Weas México 2017: 13.15TimerTon 2018: 13.08Mexican Championship 2018: 12.28Tula 2018: 10.68 Tlaxcallan 2019: 12.56Conde Open 2019: 8.63Izcube 2019: 12.59Tuzo Clásico 2019: 11.39Side Events Puebla 2019: 12.51NxN Tlaxcala 2019: 12.70Misión México 2019: 12.41Roble Cubing Open 2019: 13.16Cubing Zacatecas 2019: 13.21Tunas Open 2022: 11.83Fénix México 2022: 11.17Speedcube Baja Open 2022: 9.06Minerva Open 2022: 11.26Pitic Open 2023: 12.81Big Tunas 2023: 8.72IZcube 2023: 9.72TizaCubing 2023: 11.46Jojutla Morelos 2023: 9.02Mexican Championship 2023: 10.78Cubing by the Cues 2024: 11.76 Vasconcubos 2024: 11.32Donas en Tlalocan Volumen 2 2024: 11.43Aragón Treasure 2024: 10.81SilencESCOM 2024: 11.56Los Fuertes V2 Puebla 2024: 11.50Ruta Cubera Izcalli Clásico 2025: 12.52 Ruta Cubera Queretaro NxN 2025: 10.82Ágora Izcalli 2025: 12.44NxN Tlaxcala 2025: 11.91Mexican Championship 2025: 10.558.6321.1925 Jun 201618 Dec 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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.63 away.
  • A sub-30 3×3 blindfolded single — 501 people have one; it is 3.20 away.

Targets move as he improves.