People · Costa Rica
Aarón Alfaro Navarro
3×3 · top 2.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2018 · 2018NAVA05
Aarón Alfaro Navarro has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.55, set at Cubing Revival Terramall SD 2024, puts him in the top 2.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9th in Costa Rica. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since March 2018, he has put 502 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 57% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 30.52 in March 2018 to 7.55, a 75% improvement. He has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% 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 | 7.55 | 8.23 | top 2.1% | 9 / 367 | |
| 2×2 | 1.71 | 4.08 | top 3.1% | 9 / 307 | |
| 4×4 | 31.92 | 38.51 | top 4.1% | 6 / 130 | |
| 5×5 | 59.47 | 1:06.06 | top 5.3% | 4 / 75 | |
| Skewb | 3.77 | 5.87 | top 9.4% | 13 / 133 | |
| 6×6 | 2:01.50 | 2:13.67 | top 11.6% | 4 / 30 | |
| 7×7 | 3:04.58 | 3:14.03 | top 11.8% | 4 / 22 | |
| Megaminx | 1:27.38 | 1:45.63 | top 26.4% | 33 / 82 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.28 | 9.81 | top 30.2% | 71 / 225 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 29.33 | 38.08 | top 45.1% | 76 / 135 | |
| Square-1 | 38.86 | 47.82 | top 63.9% | 33 / 52 |
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
- 1 Dec 2023Five personal bests in one day at Costa Rican Championship 2023.
- 29 Apr 2023Four personal bests in one day at VID Cubing 2023.
- 14 Jan 2023Three personal bests in one day at Retro Mall San Pedro 2023.
- 23 Jul 2022Three personal bests in one day at VID Cubing 2022.
- 27 Mar 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.62 at Costa Rica Regresa V2 2022.
- 27 Mar 2022Six personal bests in one day at Costa Rica Regresa V2 2022.
Competitions
- Costa Rica Nationals 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Conta Cubes Cartago 2025 · 12 Apr 2025
- Golden Valley Open Heredia 2024 · 17 Nov 2024
- VID Cubing Hatillo 2024 · 4 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing Revival Terramall SD 2024 · 20 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Costa Rican Championship 2023 · 1 Dec 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Grace Cubing Cedros 2023 · 23 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- VID Cubing 2023 · 29 Apr 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Retro Mall San Pedro 2023 · 14 Jan 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- VID Cubing 2022 · 23 Jul 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Costa Rica Regresa V2 2022 · 27 Mar 2022 — 6 personal bests set
- Score Cube Day 2020 · 29 Feb 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- Bekubes Plaza Real Alajuela 2019 · 7 Dec 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Bekubes Gold 2019 · 13 Apr 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Costa Rica Nationals 2018 · 14 Jul 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Bekubes Open 2018 · 24 Mar 2018
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.
- Christian Rodríguez — met in 105 rounds, finished ahead 27 times
- Dagne Poveda — met in 81 rounds, finished ahead 36 times
- Andres Sanchez Ponce — met in 74 rounds, finished ahead 38 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.55 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.71 away.
Targets move as he improves.