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Santino Sandoval
2×2 · top 22.5% of 189,179 all-time · competing since October 2025 · 2025SAND33
Santino Sandoval has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.68, set at New Braunfels Tube & Twist 2026, puts him in the top 22.5% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8,952nd in the United States. Across 5 competitions since October 2025, he has put 92 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 18% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 30.23 in October 2025 to 17.19, a 43% improvement. Santino has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% 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 | 3.68 | 6.08 | top 22.5% | 8,952 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 | 17.19 | 22.80 | top 31.7% | 17,774 / 60,666 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.43 | 11.08 | top 40.0% | 11,619 / 29,168 | |
| Skewb | 14.27 | 21.23 | top 75.8% | 14,577 / 19,164 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:03.87 | — | early days — 2 solves | 13,170 / 15,900 | |
| 4×4 | 2:14.07 | — | early days — 2 solves | 16,775 / 19,354 |
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 Jul 2026First sub-20 3×3: 17.19 at Pikes Peak AM 2026.
- 27 Jun 2026Three personal bests in one day at Cubing at COTA 2026.
- 1 Feb 2026First sub-30 3×3: 27.15 at New Braunfels Comal Cubing Classic 2026.
- 25 Oct 2025First competition: San Antonio Fall 2025. A 30.23 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- New Braunfels Tube & Twist 2026 · 2 Aug 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Pikes Peak AM 2026 · 25 Jul 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing at COTA 2026 · 27 Jun 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- New Braunfels Comal Cubing Classic 2026 · 1 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- San Antonio Fall 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.
- Michael Conard — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead once
- Lucas Wood — met in 17 rounds, never finished ahead
- Zachary L. Gonzalez — met in 17 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.68 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 70,740 people have one; it is 2.19 away.
Targets move as he improves.