People · United States
Xander Romo
2×2 · top 1.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since July 2021 · 2021ROMO01
Xander Romo has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.40, set at DFW Cubing Winter 2025, puts him in the top 1.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 690th in the United States. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since July 2021, he has put 179 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 82% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.07 in July 2021 to 10.68, a 34% improvement. Xander has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.40 | 3.46 | top 1.7% | 690 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.16 | 7.52 | top 8.5% | 2,175 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 | 10.68 | 12.66 | top 9.5% | 5,175 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 40.88 | 53.19 | top 13.1% | 1,953 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 1:25.43 | 1:39.33 | top 23.7% | 1,833 / 9,401 | |
| Megaminx | 1:35.94 | 1:46.32 | top 32.0% | 2,266 / 7,841 | |
| Skewb | 6.81 | 9.50 | top 32.2% | 5,365 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 29.34 | 40.46 | top 45.1% | 6,106 / 15,683 | |
| 7×7 | 5:22.19 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,700 / 3,184 |
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
- 19 Jan 2025Five personal bests in one day at DFW Cubing Winter 2025.
- 23 Apr 2022Three personal bests in one day at DFW Cubing Spring 2022.
- 9 Oct 2021First sub-15 3×3: 13.95 at Oklahoma Fall PM 2021.
- 10 Jul 2021First competition: Cubing Is A Sport Frisco PM 2021. A 16.07 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- DFW Cubing Winter 2025 · 19 Jan 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Cube a Ton in Arlington 2024 · 8 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- DFW Cubing Summer 2022 · 14 Aug 2022 — 1 personal best set
- DFW Cubing Spring 2022 · 23 Apr 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Welcome Back Texas 2021 · 18 Dec 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- Oklahoma Fall PM 2021 · 9 Oct 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- No 333 Frisco PM 2021 · 18 Jul 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing Is A Sport Frisco PM 2021 · 10 Jul 2021
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.
- Ryan Pilat — met in 25 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ishan Parikh — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
- Denniel Santos — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.40 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.16 away.
Targets move as he improves.