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Saúl Méndez Atlatenco

3×3 · top 0.065% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2023 · 2023ATLA01

Saúl Méndez Atlatenco has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 4.68, set at Icpitl Tlaxcala 2026, puts him in the top 0.065% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2nd in Mexico. Until October 2017, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 29 competitions since January 2023, he has put 1,146 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 70% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 7.81 in January 2023 to 4.68, a 40% improvement. He has entered 29 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.065% of 284,439 all-time
4.68
signature single · Icpitl Tlaxcala 2026
1,146
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 70% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingMexico
3×34.687.29
top 0.065%2 / 4,263
2×20.852.84
top 0.29%12 / 3,018
4×426.5031.39
top 1.2%20 / 1,845
3×3 one-handed12.4414.43
top 3.6%55 / 1,672
5×51:00.421:10.79
top 5.7%55 / 1,010
Megaminx1:07.881:24.25
top 14.4%161 / 1,042
Pyraminx6.7511.89
top 25.8%636 / 2,003
3×3 Fewest Moves40 moves—
early days — 1 solve130 / 317
6×63:16.153:28.70
top 48.6%254 / 510
Clock16.6318.56
top 54.1%380 / 652
7×76:29.85—
top 74.4%341 / 472

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

Cubing Tlaxcala 2023: 7.81Calmecac Tlaxcala 2023: 7.41Zaragoza Open 2023: 8.52Toros Open 2023: 7.61Volcano in Puebla 2023: 6.07Don't NxN Tlaxcala 2023: 7.40Mexican Championship 2023: 6.56Maxixcatzin Tlaxcala 2024: 6.03 Vasconcubos 2024: 7.22Los Fuertes Puebla 2024: 6.47La Silla lV Monterrey 2024: 5.84Puebla de Zaragoza Open 2024: 6.03Huitzitzilli Tlaxcala 2024: 7.33Texcoco Open Z 2024: 7.06D Amicis Puebla 2024: 6.97Yollotl Tlaxcala 2024: 5.94BUAP: Ingenieros Open 2024: 7.13Mega-Mente Puebla 2025: 6.49La Silla V Monterrey 2025: 6.02NxN Tlaxcala 2025: 7.14444 Puebla 2025: 6.66Cubing BUAP 2025: 7.55Clásico Tlaxcala 2025: 6.58Yollotl Tlaxcala 2025: 6.85Mexican Championship 2025: 6.74Contrarreloj - San Andrés Cholula 2026: 7.16Nawi Tlaxcala 2026: 5.56Tlaxcala Open 10 Aniversario 2026: 6.63Icpitl Tlaxcala 2026: 4.684.688.527 Jan 20238 Aug 2026

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-4 3×3 single — 38 people have one; it is 0.68 away.
  • A sub-25 4×4 single — 588 people have one; it is 1.50 away.

Targets move as he improves.