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Santiago Gael Villanes Hostia

2×2 · top 2.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2022 · 2022HOST02

Santiago Gael Villanes Hostia has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.47, set at TCG Space II Santa Anita 2023, puts him in the top 2.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 37th in Peru. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since August 2022, he has put 182 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 56% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.45 in August 2022 to 13.62, a 50% improvement. Santiago has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 2.0% of 186,767 all-time
1.47
signature single · TCG Space II Santa Anita 2023
182
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 56% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingPeru
2×21.475.21
top 2.0%37 / 2,419
Pyraminx5.808.83
top 18.5%288 / 1,366
3×313.6216.60
top 19.6%890 / 4,344
4×41:16.481:31.24
top 52.9%632 / 844
Clock19.8025.12
top 64.0%117 / 139
3×3 one-handed41.42
top 67.3%690 / 812
Skewb18.63
early days — 3 solves432 / 495

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

Real Cube 2022: 27.45Peru Nationals 2022: 31.53TCG Power Up 2022: 15.62TCG Space Santa Anita 2023: 15.52Real Cube II Lima 2023: 16.55TCG Space II Santa Anita 2023: 13.62Peru Nationals 2024: 14.2913.6231.536 Aug 202222 Nov 2024

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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.47 away.
  • A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.80 away.

Targets move as he improves.