People · United States
Santiago Shea
2×2 · top 9.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2018 · 2018SHEA02
Santiago Shea has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.55, set at Greensboro Summer 2019, puts him in the top 9.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,709th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since March 2018, he has put 141 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 90% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 40.93 in March 2018 to 13.76, a 66% improvement. Santiago has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% 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 | 2.55 | 5.15 | top 9.4% | 3,709 / 40,951 | |
| Skewb | 5.05 | 6.77 | top 18.5% | 2,948 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 | 13.76 | 16.34 | top 20.1% | 10,824 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.41 | 11.10 | top 23.1% | 6,249 / 28,708 | |
| Clock | 12.61 | 16.02 | top 37.9% | 2,997 / 8,927 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 37.54 | 43.83 | top 61.7% | 8,699 / 15,683 | |
| Square-1 | 1:08.14 | — | early days — 2 solves | 5,938 / 6,743 | |
| 4×4 | 2:35.09 | — | early days — 1 solve | 17,756 / 19,072 |
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
- 22 Apr 2023First sub-20 3×3: 17.20 at Simpson Scramble 2023.
- 22 Apr 2023First sub-15 3×3: 13.76 at Simpson Scramble 2023.
- 22 Apr 2023Three personal bests in one day at Simpson Scramble 2023.
- 20 Jul 2019Three personal bests in one day at Greensboro Summer 2019.
- 8 Sep 2018First sub-30 3×3: 27.75 at Carolina Season Starter 2018.
- 3 Mar 2018First competition: Fruit Salad 2018. A 40.93 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Volunteer State Cubing 2024 · 24 Feb 2024
- Simpson Scramble 2023 · 22 Apr 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Carolina Clock 'Stravaganza 2019 · 23 Nov 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Scuppernong Spectacular 2019 · 30 Aug 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Greensboro Summer 2019 · 20 Jul 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Carolina Season Starter 2018 · 8 Sep 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Fruit Salad 2018 · 3 Mar 2018
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.
- Katie Hull — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead once
- Jacob Ambrose — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead once
- Raymond Goslow — met in 22 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.55 away.
- A sub-5 Skewb single — 13,285 people have one; it is 0.05 away.
Targets move as he improves.