People · Costa Rica
Sofía Méndez
3×3 · top 6.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2022 · 2022MEND01
Sofía Méndez has been competing for 4 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.47, set at Cubing Revival Terramall SD 2024, puts her in the top 6.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 29th in Costa Rica. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since March 2022, she has put 179 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 85% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 12.49 in March 2022 to 9.47, a 24% improvement. She has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Costa Rica | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.47 | 11.62 | top 6.0% | 29 / 367 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.77 | 18.03 | top 9.7% | 14 / 135 | |
| 4×4 | 44.45 | 54.87 | top 17.6% | 37 / 130 | |
| 2×2 | 4.11 | 5.82 | top 27.9% | 105 / 307 | |
| 5×5 | 1:37.77 | 1:54.88 | top 33.7% | 32 / 75 | |
| Square-1 | 31.92 | 43.04 | top 53.1% | 24 / 52 | |
| 7×7 | 8:52.66 | — | early days — 1 solve | 22 / 22 |
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
- 20 Jan 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.47 at Cubing Revival Terramall SD 2024.
- 14 Jan 2023Three personal bests in one day at Retro Mall San Pedro 2023.
- 27 Mar 2022First competition: Costa Rica Regresa V2 2022. A 12.49 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Golden Valley Open Heredia 2024 · 17 Nov 2024
- Cubing Revival Terramall SD 2024 · 20 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Costa Rican Championship 2023 · 1 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- VID Cubing 2023 · 29 Apr 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Retro Mall San Pedro 2023 · 14 Jan 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubing Universal San Jose 2022 · 6 Nov 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Costa Rica Regresa V2 2022 · 27 Mar 2022
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 her.
- Christian Rodríguez — met in 42 rounds, never finished ahead
- Dagne Poveda — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Andres Sanchez Ponce — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.47 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 0.77 away.
Targets move as she improves.