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Shalóm Melquisedec Batz Rodríguez

3×3 · top 0.36% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2019 · 2019RODR66

Shalóm Melquisedec Batz Rodríguez has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 5.78, set at Caré Open 2025, puts him in the top 0.36% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2nd in Guatemala. Until June 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 30 competitions since December 2019, he has put 1,782 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 70% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 36.35 in December 2019 to 5.78, an 84% improvement. He has entered 30 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.36% of 284,439 all-time
5.78
signature single · Caré Open 2025
1,782
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 70% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingGuatemala
3×35.787.19
top 0.36%2 / 1,226
2×20.891.96
top 0.36%1 / 717
4×423.9030.06
top 0.48%1 / 303
3×3 one-handed9.1612.06
top 0.58%1 / 303
Megaminx38.0543.26
top 1.2%1 / 134
Pyraminx2.042.96
top 1.2%2 / 466
5×549.5455.67
top 1.6%1 / 151
Skewb2.594.20
top 3.2%3 / 199
6×61:47.831:51.63
top 6.4%2 / 56
7×72:50.112:55.68
top 7.9%2 / 48
Clock7.719.94
top 13.8%5 / 62
Square-116.0124.48
top 18.7%14 / 86
3×3 Fewest Moves34 moves—
top 26.7%7 / 50
3×3 blindfolded3:47.96—
early days — 3 solves29 / 47

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

GuateMaya Open 2019: 36.35Santa Ana Open 2022: 7.62Eskala 2022: 6.63Vení a Cubear a Toto 2022: 7.32Auditorium de la Paz Cubea 2022: 8.43El CUBO Tour Zacamil 2022: 8.03Nacionales Guatemala 2022: 7.22Cubing Party Xela 2023: 7.15Villasol 2023: 7.39Nacionales El Salvador 2023: 7.33Décimo Aniversario Guatemala 2023: 7.14Nacionales Guatemala 2023: 7.39Pradera Express Villa Nueva 2024: 7.19Desafío Rubik's 50 Años Guatemala 2024: 7.25Desafío Cubo CRAI UCA 2024: 6.67Nacionales El Salvador 2024: 6.84Nacionales Guatemala 2024: 6.75Caré Open 2025: 5.78La Cacería GT 2025: 6.75Credisa Open 2025: 6.90Desafío Rubik's Guatemala 2025: 6.26Nacionales Guatemala 2025: 6.59Nacionales El Salvador 2025: 6.85San Cristóbal 2026: 7.59La Cacería GT 2026: 6.19Q'umarkaj 2026: 6.43WCA South American Championship 2026: 6.16UVG Cubing 2026: 6.00Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026: 7.26Verapaz Open 2026: 6.545.7836.3514 Dec 201929 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-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.78 away.
  • A sub-20 4×4 single — 42 people have one; it is 3.90 away.

Targets move as he improves.