People · Spain
Alejandro Albor Soto
3×3 · top 6.2% of 288,433 all-time · competing since October 2023 · 2023SOTO18
Alejandro Albor Soto has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.53, set at Parla Open 2024, puts him in the top 6.2% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 261st in Spain. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since October 2023, he has put 560 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 78% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.04 in October 2023 to 9.53, a 37% improvement. Alejandro 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 | Spain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.53 | 11.87 | top 6.2% | 261 / 5,202 | |
| 2×2 | 2.62 | 4.03 | top 10.2% | 403 / 3,897 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.92 | 6.50 | top 12.7% | 424 / 2,901 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.71 | 22.78 | top 14.4% | 161 / 1,335 | |
| Skewb | 5.64 | 16.63 | top 23.1% | 504 / 1,699 | |
| 4×4 | 53.71 | 1:00.53 | top 29.3% | 410 / 1,778 | |
| Clock | 12.06 | 13.29 | top 35.2% | 299 / 891 | |
| 5×5 | 1:52.38 | 2:03.08 | top 44.4% | 315 / 874 | |
| 6×6 | 3:09.64 | 3:25.36 | top 45.6% | 132 / 322 | |
| Megaminx | 2:01.11 | — | top 46.4% | 338 / 889 | |
| 7×7 | 5:32.65 | — | early days — 2 solves | 146 / 267 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 48 moves | — | early days — 3 solves | 201 / 286 |
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 Feb 2025Four personal bests in one day at Huashang: Las Tablas Open 2025.
- 29 Nov 2024Three personal bests in one day at Spanish Championship 2024.
- 29 Jun 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.53 at Parla Open 2024.
- 29 Jun 2024Four personal bests in one day at Parla Open 2024.
- 25 May 2024Three personal bests in one day at X-Madrid Open 2024.
- 11 May 2024Six personal bests in one day at Móstoles Open 2024.
Competitions
- UC3M Leganés Open 2025 · 14 Jun 2025
- URJC Open 2025 · 15 Feb 2025
- Huashang: Las Tablas Open 2025 · 1 Feb 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Spanish Championship 2024 · 29 Nov 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Madrid Norte Open 2024 · 9 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Parla Open 2024 · 29 Jun 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- X-Madrid Open 2024 · 25 May 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Móstoles Open 2024 · 11 May 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- Velilla Open 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- URJC Open 2024 · 10 Feb 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Las Tablas Open 2024 · 27 Jan 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Spanish Championship 2023 · 8 Dec 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Mairena Open 2023 · 25 Nov 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Camino de la Plata Open 2023 · 21 Oct 2023 — 3 personal bests 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.
- Zhedong Wang (王哲栋) — met in 112 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Raúl Martínez Redondo — met in 110 rounds, never finished ahead
- Víctor Tretyakov Timofeyeva — met in 98 rounds, finished ahead 79 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.53 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.62 away.
Targets move as he improves.