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Santiago Solano Zarate

3×3 · top 2.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2023 · 2023ZARA02

Santiago Solano Zarate has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.05, set at Delacuesta al Cubo III 2023, puts him in the top 2.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 109th in Colombia. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 19 competitions since February 2023, he has put 779 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 61% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.07 in February 2023 to 8.05, a 33% improvement. Santiago has entered 19 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 2.9% of 284,439 all-time
8.05
signature single · Delacuesta al Cubo III 2023
779
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 61% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingColombia
3×38.059.47
top 2.9%109 / 5,812
4×431.6335.36
top 3.9%41 / 1,270
2×22.202.99
top 6.2%206 / 3,615
3×3 one-handed15.6119.99
top 9.4%93 / 1,175
Clock6.698.04
top 9.8%48 / 435
Pyraminx4.898.01
top 12.5%269 / 2,395
Skewb4.256.92
top 12.7%160 / 1,065
5×51:19.491:21.50
top 18.7%105 / 506
6×62:53.743:23.93
early days — 3 solves93 / 232
3×3 Fewest Moves39 moves
early days — 2 solves74 / 155

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

Barrancabermeja Open 2023: 12.07San Bernardo al Cubo 2023: 10.14Prenacionales Bucaramanga 2023: 11.06Nacionales Colombia 2023: 11.98Bucaramanga 2023: 11.53Delacuesta Open 2023: 11.62Lebrija 2023: 10.66Regionales Santander 2023: 9.80Barichara Open 2023: 8.81El Puente San Gil 3x3 2023: 8.71San Silvestre Cube Masters 2023: 9.76Delacuesta al Cubo 2023: 8.30La Florida 2023: 9.03Bucaramanga CST 2023: 9.24Delacuesta al Cubo III 2023: 8.05Lebrija Relay 2023: 8.68NxN Bucaramanga 2023: 9.49New Ulm Reboot 2024: 8.958.0512.0711 Feb 20236 Apr 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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.05 away.
  • A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 1.63 away.

Targets move as he improves.