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Shalem Birzavit Meneses Pérez

3×3 · top 4.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2018 · 2018PERE05

Shalem Birzavit Meneses Pérez has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.86, set at Halcones Tehuacán 2026, puts him in the top 4.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 229th in Mexico. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 42 competitions since February 2018, he has put 1,637 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 63% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.21 in February 2018 to 8.86, a 51% improvement. Shalem has entered 42 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 4.5% of 284,439 all-time
8.86
signature single · Halcones Tehuacán 2026
1,637
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 63% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingMexico
3×38.8611.18
top 4.5%229 / 4,263
2×22.163.93
top 5.9%216 / 3,018
Pyraminx3.657.38
top 6.1%156 / 2,003
Megaminx56.901:16.51
top 8.4%93 / 1,042
4×437.5442.92
top 9.3%200 / 1,845
3×3 one-handed18.4623.30
top 16.3%299 / 1,672
Skewb4.9510.69
top 17.7%277 / 1,157
3×3 blindfolded1:22.792:33.35
top 20.6%36 / 251
5×51:24.641:34.68
top 22.9%261 / 1,010
3×3 Fewest Moves36 moves44.00
top 33.6%79 / 317
Clock14.2614.66
top 45.0%318 / 652
6×63:21.063:37.90
top 51.0%267 / 510
7×75:04.945:26.24
top 52.1%238 / 472
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 3 cubes · 26:11—
early days — 2 solves74 / 87

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

TimerTon 2018: 18.21Mexican Championship 2018: 14.82IT Puebla 2019: 9.85Telpochcalli Tlaxcala 2020: 10.68Tunas Open 2022: 11.85Fénix México 2022: 10.14Cubing Tlaxcala 2023: 10.60IZcube 2023: 10.95Calmecac Tlaxcala 2023: 12.15Zaragoza Open 2023: 11.20TizaCubing 2023: 9.38Toros Open 2023: 10.40Nayar Open 2023: 9.88Speed Cubing Fest Pachuca 2023: 11.64Volcano in Puebla 2023: 11.39Don't NxN Tlaxcala 2023: 12.91Mexican Championship 2023: 8.92Los Fuertes Puebla 2024: 12.17Puebla de Zaragoza Open 2024: 9.20Guelaguetza Oaxaca 2024: 10.49D Amicis Puebla 2024: 11.87Cangrejito Azul Veracruz 2024: 11.78Los Fuertes V2 Puebla 2024: 10.01BUAP: Ingenieros Open 2024: 11.04Ruta Cubera Izcalli Clásico 2025: 12.20Mega-Mente Puebla 2025: 11.05444 Puebla 2025: 10.46Todo o Nada - San Andrés Cholula 2025: 10.16Guelaguetza Oaxaca 2025: 11.14Cubing BUAP 2025: 10.62Clásico Tlaxcala 2025: 13.37Yollotl Tlaxcala 2025: 11.00Mexican Championship 2025: 11.80Contrarreloj - San Andrés Cholula 2026: 10.09Halcones Tehuacán 2026: 8.86Nawi Tlaxcala 2026: 9.89555 - Puebla 2026: 11.16Tlaxcala Open 10 Aniversario 2026: 10.10Guelaguetza Oaxaca 2026: 10.578.8618.2117 Feb 201818 Jul 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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.86 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.16 away.

Targets move as he improves.