People · Australia
Santiago Castro
3×3 · top 15.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2022 · 2022CAST25
Santiago Castro has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.55, set at VIC State Championship 2025, puts him in the top 15.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,414th in Australia. Across 6 competitions since October 2022, he has put 131 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 7% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.35 in October 2022 to 12.55, a 46% improvement. Santiago has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 12.55 | 13.76 | top 15.8% | 1,414 / 11,709 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.31 | 8.63 | top 22.3% | 1,120 / 5,993 | |
| 2×2 | 3.71 | 4.19 | top 22.8% | 1,751 / 8,567 | |
| Skewb | 5.96 | 9.54 | top 25.4% | 677 / 3,534 | |
| 4×4 | 54.20 | 1:10.27 | top 29.8% | 778 / 3,051 | |
| Clock | 18.90 | 24.44 | top 61.5% | 637 / 1,095 |
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
- 3 May 2025Five personal bests in one day at Don't Inverloch Up 2025.
- 11 Apr 2025First sub-15 3×3: 13.72 at Solving in Sale 2025.
- 15 Dec 2022First sub-20 3×3: 18.93 at Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022.
- 15 Oct 2022First competition: Koalafication Melbourne 2022. A 23.35 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- VIC State Championship 2025 · 31 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Don't Inverloch Up 2025 · 3 May 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Solving in Sale 2025 · 11 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022 · 15 Dec 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Melbourne Cube Days 2022 · 12 Nov 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Koalafication Melbourne 2022 · 15 Oct 2022
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.
- Emmet Hobbs — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Zayd Chaudhry — met in 27 rounds, never finished ahead
- Roman Rudakov — met in 25 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.55 away.
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 0.31 away.
Targets move as he improves.