People · United States
Santiago Contreras
3×3 · top 7.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2025 · 2025CONT02
Santiago Contreras has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.83, set at Space City Fall TX 2025, puts him in the top 7.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,835th in the United States. Until October 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since April 2025, he has put 87 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.24 in April 2025 to 9.83, a 20% improvement. Santiago has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% 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 | 9.83 | 13.44 | top 7.0% | 3,835 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 42.25 | 51.37 | top 14.8% | 2,218 / 19,072 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.35 | 9.45 | top 30.8% | 8,576 / 28,708 | |
| 5×5 | 1:35.12 | 1:43.43 | top 31.6% | 2,499 / 9,401 | |
| Megaminx | 1:37.21 | 1:48.49 | top 32.8% | 2,325 / 7,841 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 26.85 | 40.08 | top 39.0% | 5,181 / 15,683 | |
| 6×6 | 3:42.80 | — | early days — 1 solve | 2,284 / 4,196 |
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
- 19 Oct 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.83 at Space City Fall TX 2025.
- 9 Aug 2025Three personal bests in one day at Houston Back to School 2025.
- 13 Apr 2025First competition: Brazos Cubing Spring 2025. A 14.47 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Space City Fall TX 2025 · 19 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Houston Back to School 2025 · 9 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Cube More in Taylor 2025 · 1 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Brazos Cubing Spring 2025 · 13 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Noah Silva — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
- McCartney Thompson — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
- Rune Thomas Coulbourne — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.83 away.
- A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 2.25 away.
Targets move as he improves.