People · Mexico
Santiago Medina Guzmán
3×3 · top 1.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2017 · 2017GUZM08
Santiago Medina Guzmán has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.30, set at Toros Open 2023, puts him in the top 1.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 84th in Mexico. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 19 competitions since August 2017, he has put 654 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 71% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.58 in August 2017 to 7.30, a 56% improvement. Santiago has entered 19 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Mexico | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.30 | 9.84 | top 1.7% | 84 / 4,263 | |
| 4×4 | 34.67 | 38.93 | top 6.4% | 130 / 1,845 | |
| 2×2 | 2.49 | 4.28 | top 8.8% | 323 / 3,018 | |
| 5×5 | 1:05.94 | 1:11.40 | top 9.0% | 99 / 1,010 | |
| 6×6 | 2:13.86 | 2:27.40 | top 17.3% | 89 / 510 | |
| 7×7 | 3:25.75 | 3:38.73 | top 18.3% | 81 / 472 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.27 | 11.81 | top 22.0% | 550 / 2,003 | |
| Megaminx | 1:23.11 | 1:37.53 | top 23.8% | 268 / 1,042 | |
| Skewb | 5.95 | 8.83 | top 25.4% | 369 / 1,157 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.81 | 29.64 | top 31.0% | 546 / 1,672 | |
| Square-1 | 25.46 | 36.51 | top 40.1% | 192 / 516 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 3:34.41 | — | early days — 1 solve | 126 / 251 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 58 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 286 / 317 |
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
- 23 Sep 2023Four personal bests in one day at CICEJ Guadalajara 2023.
- 1 Jul 2023Three personal bests in one day at Toros Open 2023.
- 1 Jun 2019Three personal bests in one day at Tuzo Clásico 2019.
- 16 Feb 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.70 at Conde Open 2019.
- 16 Feb 2019Three personal bests in one day at Conde Open 2019.
- 17 Feb 2018First sub-15 3×3: 12.05 at TimerTon 2018.
Competitions
- Mexican Championship 2025 · 18 Dec 2025
- Mexican Championship 2023 · 14 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- CICEJ Guadalajara 2023 · 23 Sep 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Speed Cubing Fest Pachuca 2023 · 15 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Cube Inn CDMX 2023 · 12 Aug 2023
- Cronos Querétaro 2023 · 15 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Toros Open 2023 · 1 Jul 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- IZcube 2023 · 14 Apr 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Minerva Guadalajara 2023 · 1 Apr 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Fénix México 2022 · 3 Sep 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Roble Cubing Open 2019 · 1 Nov 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Tuzo Clásico 2019 · 1 Jun 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Izcube 2019 · 28 Apr 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Tunas Open 2019 · 13 Apr 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Conde Open 2019 · 16 Feb 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Tula 2018 · 29 Sep 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Mexican Championship 2018 · 10 Aug 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- TimerTon 2018 · 17 Feb 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Weas México 2017 · 5 Aug 2017
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.
- Alexis Rodrigo Cazu Mendoza — met in 146 rounds, never finished ahead
- Emilio Alberto Rodríguez Jiménez — met in 128 rounds, finished ahead 39 times
- Alejandro Daniel Salceda Corvera — met in 116 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.30 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 4.67 away.
Targets move as he improves.