People · Mexico
Alan Perez
3×3 · top 3.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2021 · 2021PERE04
Alan Perez has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.39, set at Jaguar Open V2 2023, puts him in the top 3.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 173rd in Mexico. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since November 2021, he has put 377 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 59% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.15 in November 2021 to 8.39, a 48% improvement. Alan has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Mexico | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.39 | 9.65 | top 3.5% | 173 / 4,263 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 14.16 | 17.82 | top 6.4% | 113 / 1,672 | |
| 2×2 | 2.48 | 4.29 | top 8.7% | 320 / 3,018 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.52 | 6.13 | top 10.3% | 259 / 2,003 | |
| 4×4 | 39.76 | 47.63 | top 11.8% | 257 / 1,845 | |
| 5×5 | 1:29.57 | 1:40.76 | top 26.9% | 305 / 1,010 | |
| Megaminx | 2:14.11 | — | early days — 2 solves | 600 / 1,042 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 3:14.55 | — | early days — 3 solves | 113 / 251 | |
| Skewb | 11.59 | 19.78 | top 64.0% | 821 / 1,157 |
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
- 15 Oct 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.45 at Speedcube Baja Open 2022.
- 27 Aug 2022Six personal bests in one day at Marshall Middle Slice 2022.
- 6 Aug 2022Four personal bests in one day at Circle City Summer 2022.
- 6 Feb 2022First sub-15 3×3: 12.32 at Anaheim Winter B 2022.
- 13 Nov 2021First competition: SacCubing X 2021. A 16.15 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Sendero Tijuana 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Jaguar Open V2 2023 · 10 Jun 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Westview Cubing Favorites 2023 · 27 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Marshall Cubing Spring 2023 · 4 Mar 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Jaguar Open 2023 · 28 Jan 2023
- Chula Vista Winter 2023 · 14 Jan 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- San Diego's Final Cube-Down 2022 · 31 Dec 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Speedcube Baja Open 2022 · 15 Oct 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Marshall Middle Slice 2022 · 27 Aug 2022 — 6 personal bests set
- Circle City Summer 2022 · 6 Aug 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- San Diego Spring 2022 · 16 Apr 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Anaheim Winter B 2022 · 6 Feb 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Westview Winter A 2021 · 11 Dec 2021 — 1 personal best set
- SacCubing X 2021 · 13 Nov 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.
- Jesús Armando Aguirre Ibarra — met in 45 rounds, finished ahead 26 times
- Diego Trujillo — met in 42 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Diego Isai Mijangos Flores — met in 41 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.39 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 2.16 away.
Targets move as he improves.