People · United States
Sander Garcia-Stam
3×3 · top 7.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2016 · 2016GARC06
Sander Garcia-Stam has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.05, set at Southern Utah Summer 2023, puts him in the top 7.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,175th in the United States. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since February 2016, he has put 268 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 97% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 6 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 43.47 in February 2016 to 10.05, a 77% improvement. Sander has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.05 | 11.68 | top 7.6% | 4,175 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.58 | 4.44 | top 9.7% | 3,826 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 41.64 | 48.20 | top 14.1% | 2,093 / 19,072 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.97 | 9.79 | top 27.6% | 7,587 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.55 | 30.31 | top 33.0% | 4,319 / 15,683 | |
| 5×5 | 1:40.75 | 1:55.53 | top 35.9% | 2,856 / 9,401 | |
| Skewb | 7.42 | 9.80 | top 36.9% | 6,299 / 18,907 | |
| Megaminx | 1:54.14 | 2:15.41 | top 42.7% | 3,104 / 7,841 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 3:50.62 | — | top 65.9% | 1,370 / 2,092 | |
| Clock | 20.92 | 23.31 | top 67.3% | 5,795 / 8,927 |
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
- 27 May 2023Three personal bests in one day at Southern Utah Summer 2023.
- 25 Mar 2017First sub-20 3×3: 14.88 at Dixon Spring 2017.
- 25 Mar 2017First sub-15 3×3: 14.88 at Dixon Spring 2017.
- 8 Oct 2016First sub-30 3×3: 23.20 at Dixon Fall 2016.
- 6 Feb 2016First competition: Dixon Winter 2016. A 43.47 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Ackerman Spring 2024 · 15 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- DuPage Winter 2024 · 3 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- UIUC Fall 2023 · 9 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Evanston Fall Mini C 2023 · 11 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Southern Utah Summer 2023 · 27 May 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- PBQtah Winter 2022 · 5 Mar 2022 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2019 · 24 May 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Albany Winter 2019 · 16 Feb 2019
- Three Seconds Snakes 2018 · 28 Apr 2018
- Dixon Spring 2018 · 21 Apr 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- ChicaGhosts 2017 · 28 Oct 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2017 · 7 Jul 2017
- Dixon Spring 2017 · 25 Mar 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Dixon Fall 2016 · 8 Oct 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Dixon Winter 2016 · 6 Feb 2016
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.
- Simon Kellum — met in 38 rounds, finished ahead once
- Brian Johnson — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead once
- Will Cerne — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.05 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.58 away.
Targets move as he improves.