People · Spain
Alberto Rodríguez Escobar
3×3 · top 4.6% of 288,433 all-time · competing since March 2025 · 2025ESCO04
Alberto Rodríguez Escobar has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.85, set at Carmona Open 2026, puts him in the top 4.6% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 194th in Spain. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since March 2025, he has put 254 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 97% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 34.57 in March 2025 to 8.85, a 74% improvement. Alberto has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% 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 | 8.85 | 12.52 | top 4.6% | 194 / 5,202 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.37 | 9.36 | top 15.6% | 514 / 2,901 | |
| Skewb | 5.37 | 8.20 | top 21.1% | 472 / 1,699 | |
| Clock | 10.04 | 11.20 | top 25.1% | 204 / 891 | |
| 2×2 | 4.03 | 5.03 | top 26.9% | 1,038 / 3,897 | |
| Square-1 | 19.71 | 24.23 | top 27.4% | 152 / 610 | |
| 4×4 | 1:01.58 | 1:10.01 | top 38.3% | 576 / 1,778 | |
| 5×5 | 1:52.44 | 2:05.43 | top 44.4% | 316 / 874 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 29.39 | 31.80 | top 45.3% | 526 / 1,335 | |
| Megaminx | 2:05.39 | 2:12.66 | top 49.0% | 358 / 889 |
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
- 17 Oct 2026First sub-10 3×3: 8.85 at Carmona Open 2026.
- 17 Oct 2026Six personal bests in one day at Carmona Open 2026.
- 21 Mar 2026Seven personal bests in one day at Fuentes de Andalucía Open 2026.
- 7 Mar 2026Four personal bests in one day at Campeonato de Andalucía 2026.
- 22 Nov 2025First sub-30 3×3: 14.88 at Gelves Open 2025.
- 22 Nov 2025First sub-20 3×3: 14.88 at Gelves Open 2025.
Competitions
- Carmona Open 2026 · 17 Oct 2026 — 6 personal bests set
- Mairena Open 2026 · 11 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Fuentes de Andalucía Open 2026 · 21 Mar 2026 — 7 personal bests set
- Campeonato de Andalucía 2026 · 7 Mar 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Gelves Open 2025 · 22 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Ruta Cubera: Fuentes de Andalucía Open 2025 · 22 Mar 2025 — 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.
- Raúl Cuevas Castillo — met in 55 rounds, never finished ahead
- Miguel Ángel González-Herrero García — met in 53 rounds, never finished ahead
- Adrián López Rojo — met in 50 rounds, finished ahead 21 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.85 away.
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,242 people have one; it is 0.37 away.
Targets move as he improves.