People · Spain
Adrián Velasco Álvarez
3×3 · top 3.7% of 288,433 all-time · competing since September 2025 · 2025ALVA16
Adrián Velasco Álvarez has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.48, set at Legio Open 2026, puts him in the top 3.7% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 161st in Spain. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since September 2025, he has put 294 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 73% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 2×2 best has come down from 6.10 in September 2025 to 3.86, a 37% improvement. He has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Spain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.48 | 14.22 | top 3.7% | 161 / 5,202 | |
| 2×2 | 3.86 | 5.13 | top 24.8% | 949 / 3,897 | |
| Clock | 10.64 | 12.25 | top 28.2% | 227 / 891 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.11 | 9.43 | top 28.8% | 876 / 2,901 | |
| 4×4 | 56.55 | 1:00.65 | top 32.7% | 461 / 1,778 | |
| Skewb | 6.94 | 9.57 | top 33.3% | 688 / 1,699 | |
| 5×5 | 1:52.65 | 2:00.95 | top 44.6% | 318 / 874 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 29.87 | 35.17 | top 46.4% | 547 / 1,335 | |
| Megaminx | 2:14.87 | 3:10.40 | top 53.9% | 398 / 889 | |
| 6×6 | 4:14.87 | — | early days — 2 solves | 213 / 322 | |
| Square-1 | 50.87 | 53.00 | top 76.9% | 419 / 610 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 19 Sep 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.55 at Legio Open 2026.
- 19 Sep 2026Four personal bests in one day at Legio Open 2026.
- 23 May 2026Five personal bests in one day at Liérganes Open 2026.
- 18 Apr 2026First sub-15 3×3: 14.11 at Gasteiz Open 2026.
- 18 Apr 2026Five personal bests in one day at Gasteiz Open 2026.
- 28 Mar 2026Five personal bests in one day at Cervantes Cubea Alcalá 2026.
Competitions
- Big Cubes Madrid 2026 · 10 Oct 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Legio Open 2026 · 19 Sep 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Liérganes Open 2026 · 23 May 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- Gasteiz Open 2026 · 18 Apr 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- Cervantes Cubea Alcalá 2026 · 28 Mar 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- Palencia con P de Pyraminx 2026 · 28 Feb 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- León Open 2025 · 13 Sep 2025
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.
- Daniel Olmedo Fraile — met in 62 rounds, finished ahead 29 times
- Alex Rosado Saez de Langarica — met in 41 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ismael Pérez Herrero — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.48 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.86 away.
Targets move as he improves.