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Santiago Rodriguez
2×2 · top 2.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2025 · 2025RODR83
Santiago Rodriguez has been competing for 10 months. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.51, set at Temecula Valley Spring 2026, puts him in the top 2.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 873rd in the United States. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since October 2025, he has put 76 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.72 in October 2025 to 10.06, a 32% 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.51 | 2.89 | top 2.2% | 873 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 10.06 | 16.60 | top 7.6% | 4,193 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.38 | 11.57 | top 39.5% | 11,290 / 28,708 | |
| 4×4 | 1:15.94 | 1:20.80 | top 52.5% | 8,883 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 9:44.17 | — | early days — 1 solve | 2,063 / 2,092 |
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
- 25 Oct 2025First competition: UCSD Unofficial Events 2025. A 14.72 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cube Against Cancer - Orange County 2026 · 19 Apr 2026
- UCSD TritoNxN 2026 · 4 Apr 2026
- Temecula Valley Spring 2026 · 7 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- UCSD Unofficial Events 2025 · 25 Oct 2025
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.
- Liv Coverdale — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- William Snyder — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Muhtasim Al-Farabi — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.51 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.06 away.
Targets move as he improves.