People · Ecuador
Santiago Vacacela
Pyraminx · top 3.9% of 129,321 all-time · competing since June 2018 · 2018VACA01
Santiago Vacacela has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.08, set at Quito SúperCube 2025, puts him in the top 3.9% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5th in Ecuador. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since June 2018, he has put 472 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 54% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.16 in June 2018 to 10.78, a 57% improvement. Santiago has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Ecuador | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.08 | 4.85 | top 3.9% | 5 / 394 | |
| Skewb | 2.85 | 7.02 | top 4.3% | 7 / 165 | |
| 3×3 | 10.78 | 15.96 | top 9.8% | 95 / 1,104 | |
| 2×2 | 3.11 | 5.17 | top 15.5% | 105 / 686 | |
| 4×4 | 49.57 | 58.87 | top 24.2% | 76 / 272 | |
| 5×5 | 1:54.35 | 2:01.86 | top 45.6% | 55 / 108 | |
| Clock | 18.34 | 21.22 | top 59.8% | 40 / 56 | |
| 6×6 | 3:57.37 | 4:27.76 | top 64.5% | 28 / 42 | |
| 7×7 | 7:02.58 | — | early days — 1 solve | 28 / 33 |
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 Jan 2025Four personal bests in one day at Imbabura Open 2025.
- 18 May 2024First sub-15 3×3: 10.78 at Quito Free 2024.
- 10 Feb 2024Four personal bests in one day at Ecuador Cubing 2024.
- 11 Aug 2018First sub-20 3×3: 19.44 at Ibarra Open 2018.
- 11 Aug 2018Three personal bests in one day at Ibarra Open 2018.
- 9 Jun 2018First competition: Tabacundo Open 2018. A 25.16 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Ecuador Nationals 2025 · 15 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- UTN Open 2025 · 12 Jul 2025
- Quito SúperCube 2025 · 5 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Tabacundo Open 2025 · 21 Jun 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Imbabura Open 2025 · 25 Jan 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- The Last Game EC 2024 · 21 Dec 2024
- Sin Fronteras Lite Ecuador 2024 · 14 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Vacaciones Cuenca Open 2024 · 6 Jul 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Quito Free 2024 · 18 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Pedro Moncayo Open 2024 · 27 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- San Miguel de Ibarra Open 2024 · 20 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Ecuador Cubing 2024 · 10 Feb 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Sumak Kawsay 2019 · 16 Mar 2019
- Ecuador Asciende 2018 · 20 Oct 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Ibarra Open 2018 · 11 Aug 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Tabacundo Open 2018 · 9 Jun 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.
- Ariel Vacacela — met in 72 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
- Luis Fernando Aldás Cuestas — met in 64 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Ronny Morocho — met in 56 rounds, finished ahead 39 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.08 away.
- A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.85 away.
Targets move as he improves.