People · Mexico
Alan Rivera Bañaga
2×2 · top 0.17% of 189,179 all-time · competing since May 2024 · 2024BANA04
Alan Rivera Bañaga has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.75, set at West Coast Cubing Western Championship 2025, puts him in the top 0.17% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7th in Mexico. Until November 2011, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since May 2024, he has put 450 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 56% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 6 DNFs. His 2×2 best has come down from 5.57 in May 2024 to 0.75, an 87% improvement. Alan 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 | Mexico | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 0.75 | 1.27 | top 0.17% | 7 / 3,043 | |
| 3×3 | 9.04 | 12.19 | top 5.0% | 260 / 4,305 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.02 | 25.99 | top 15.2% | 284 / 1,685 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.33 | 9.14 | top 15.3% | 372 / 2,014 | |
| 4×4 | 50.82 | 1:06.24 | top 25.9% | 587 / 1,858 | |
| Skewb | 7.24 | 9.91 | top 35.6% | 503 / 1,176 | |
| 5×5 | 2:00.75 | — | top 49.8% | 563 / 1,012 | |
| 6×6 | 4:24.03 | 5:17.13 | top 73.0% | 381 / 510 | |
| Megaminx | 3:39.85 | — | top 86.0% | 911 / 1,063 | |
| 7×7 | 8:45.19 | — | early days — 1 solve | 440 / 476 | |
| Clock | 44.65 | — | early days — 2 solves | 621 / 660 |
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
- 16 May 2026Three personal bests in one day at Las Palmas Ahome 2026.
- 24 Oct 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.04 at Rocky Mountain Championship 2025.
- 24 Oct 2025Four personal bests in one day at Rocky Mountain Championship 2025.
- 22 Feb 2025Four personal bests in one day at Pitic Open 2025.
- 18 Jan 2025Three personal bests in one day at Prescott Winter 2025.
- 25 May 2024First competition: Tutuli 2024. A 15.32 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Speedcube Baja Open 2026 · 17 Oct 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026 · 2 Jul 2026
- Las Palmas Ahome 2026 · 16 May 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- McBaja II 2026 · 5 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- UCSD TritoNxN 2026 · 4 Apr 2026
- Arizona Championship 2026 · 17 Jan 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Rocky Mountain Championship 2025 · 24 Oct 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Bear Down AZ 2025 · 20 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- West Coast Cubing Western Championship 2025 · 29 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 · 3 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Arizona Championship 2025 · 10 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Vegas Cubing Cup Spring 2025 · 3 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Pitic Open 2025 · 22 Feb 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Prescott Winter 2025 · 18 Jan 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Cascabel Hermosillo 2024 · 7 Dec 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Tutuli 2024 · 25 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Dan Tran — met in 46 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- Jeremy Bulambot — met in 41 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- Azael Toysehua — met in 41 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.04 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 6,118 people have one; it is 3.02 away.
Targets move as he improves.