People · Argentina
Tomas Catinelo
3×3 · top 3.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2017 · 2017CATI01
Tomas Catinelo has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.23, set at Rubik's WCA South American Championship 2024, puts him in the top 3.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 49th in Argentina. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since December 2017, he has put 228 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 94% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.41 in December 2017 to 8.23, a 55% improvement. Tomas has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Argentina | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.23 | 9.70 | top 3.2% | 49 / 1,694 | |
| 2×2 | 2.21 | 4.83 | top 6.3% | 68 / 1,203 | |
| 4×4 | 34.96 | 39.01 | top 6.7% | 40 / 615 | |
| 5×5 | 1:10.69 | 1:19.69 | top 12.1% | 30 / 296 | |
| Megaminx | 1:16.69 | 1:21.77 | top 19.7% | 84 / 314 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.42 | 42.99 | top 32.6% | 168 / 598 | |
| Pyraminx | 17.89 | 28.06 | top 89.6% | 739 / 830 |
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
- 9 Jul 2022Three personal bests in one day at Mega Open Ciudadela 2022.
- 3 May 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.15 at Casal Catalunya Baires Open 2019.
- 3 May 2019Three personal bests in one day at Casal Catalunya Baires Open 2019.
- 26 May 2018First sub-15 3×3: 13.04 at Baires Centro Open 2018.
- 9 Dec 2017First competition: MTD Spring 2017. A 18.41 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Di Tella Despega 2025 · 6 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA South American Championship 2024 · 22 Jul 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Nacionales Argentinas 2023 · 1 Sep 2023
- Di Tella Open v2 2023 · 22 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Buenos Aires Cubea 2022 · 19 Nov 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Mega Open Ciudadela 2022 · 9 Jul 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Casal Catalunya Baires Open 2019 · 3 May 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Baires Centro Open 2018 · 26 May 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- MTD Spring 2017 · 9 Dec 2017
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.
- Cesar Leandro Alvarado — met in 43 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- Theo Goluboff — met in 42 rounds, never finished ahead
- Federico da Fonseca — met in 41 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.23 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.21 away.
Targets move as he improves.