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Xabier Monsalve

Clock · top 2.6% of 32,048 all-time · competing since September 2021 · 2021MONS01

Xabier Monsalve has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 4.17, set at WCA South American Championship 2026, puts him in the top 2.6% of the 32,048 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1st in Venezuela. Until June 2015, no official Clock solve in the world had been that fast. Across 38 competitions since September 2021, he has put 1,379 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 95% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 14 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.14 in September 2021 to 9.99, a 62% improvement. Xabier has entered 38 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Clock
best event — top 2.6% of 32,048 all-time
4.17
signature single · WCA South American Championship 2026
1,379
official solves on the record
17%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 95% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingVenezuela
Clock4.177.51
top 2.6%1 / 64
Square-19.6112.49
top 5.5%2 / 52
4×435.1940.24
top 6.9%15 / 258
3×39.9911.62
top 7.4%62 / 1,005
Pyraminx4.488.36
top 10.1%44 / 410
2×22.684.07
top 10.7%61 / 550
5×51:10.631:20.81
top 12.0%10 / 112
Skewb4.477.56
top 14.2%33 / 151
6×62:35.972:56.61
top 28.6%8 / 44
3×3 one-handed27.7235.89
top 41.2%107 / 262
Megaminx2:16.942:59.20
top 54.8%72 / 115
3×3 Fewest Moves47 moves—
early days — 1 solve27 / 44
7×79:34.30—
early days — 1 solve36 / 36

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

Montevideo ReOpen 2021: 26.14Montevideo en Llamas 2021: 19.41FING Open 2022: 14.15Montevideo en Llamas 2022: 13.22Altavista Open 2023: 13.35Montevideo al Cubo 2023: 13.71Altavista NxN 2023: 12.56Di Tella Open 2023: 13.99Evento al Qbo 2023: 12.74Montevideo Winter Open 2023: 11.21Nacionales Argentinas 2023: 11.11Nacionales Uruguayas 2023: 12.60Montevideo en Llamas 2023: 10.22Altavista Big Open 2024: 12.51Altavista Otoñal 2024: 11.60Rubik's WCA South American Championship 2024: 14.00Fátima en Montevideo 2024: 14.7410th Anniversary Cervantes 2024: 13.51Nacionales Uruguayas 2024: 13.19Campeonato Brasileiro de Cubo Mágico 2024: 13.27Skewb Madness Uruguay 2024: 12.81Montevideo O'Clock 2025: 13.7170 Años Fátima Montevideo 2025: 12.21Campeonato Brasileiro de Cubo Mágico 2025: 11.95Campeonato Uruguayo de Speedcubing 2025: 12.08Nacionales Argentinas 2025: 12.81Gurizão em Osório 2026: 11.64Claret Open Montevideo II 2026: 12.29WCA South American Championship 2026: 11.01Montevideo Gaming House Open 2026: 11.86Morro Reuter Cubing 2026: 10.15Montevideo Gaming House Agosto 2026: 9.999.9926.1419 Sep 202129 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-4 Clock single — 741 people have one; it is 0.17 away.
  • A sub-8 Square-1 single — 766 people have one; it is 1.61 away.

Targets move as he improves.