People · United States
Taylor Saldana
3×3 · top 3.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2020 · 2020SALD01
Taylor Saldana has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.43, set at UCSD Winter 2023, puts him in the top 3.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,034th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since January 2020, he has put 109 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.50 in January 2020 to 8.43, a 46% improvement. Taylor has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.43 | 10.12 | top 3.6% | 2,034 / 59,724 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 12.88 | 18.06 | top 4.2% | 617 / 15,683 | |
| 2×2 | 2.73 | 3.64 | top 11.3% | 4,435 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.59 | 12.39 | top 17.0% | 4,520 / 28,708 | |
| Skewb | 5.02 | 8.72 | top 18.3% | 2,905 / 18,907 | |
| 4×4 | 52.00 | 58.10 | top 27.2% | 4,188 / 19,072 | |
| Clock | 16.14 | 25.27 | top 52.4% | 4,299 / 8,927 |
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
- 16 Dec 2023First sub-10 3×3: 8.43 at UCSD Winter 2023.
- 17 Sep 2022First sub-15 3×3: 10.32 at Diamond Bar September 2022.
- 17 Sep 2022Three personal bests in one day at Diamond Bar September 2022.
- 18 Jan 2020First competition: UCSD Winter 2020. A 15.50 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- UCSD Maybe 2025 · 11 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- UCSD Weeknights III 2025 · 23 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- UCSD Fall 2024 · 23 Nov 2024
- UCSD Winter 2023 · 16 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Diamond Bar September 2022 · 17 Sep 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- UCSD Winter 2020 · 18 Jan 2020
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.
- Dylan Trueblood — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Anders Arnsten — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Brendyn Dunagan — met in 13 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.43 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 0.88 away.
Targets move as he improves.