People · Costa Rica
Alejandro Hernández Arce
3×3 · top 4.0% of 288,433 all-time · competing since September 2017 · 2017ARCE03
Alejandro Hernández Arce has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.60, set at Bekubes Open 2018, puts him in the top 4.0% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 21st in Costa Rica. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since September 2017, he has put 162 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 82% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.83 in September 2017 to 8.60, a 21% improvement. Alejandro has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Costa Rica | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.60 | 10.75 | top 4.0% | 21 / 374 | |
| Skewb | 3.22 | 8.78 | top 6.2% | 10 / 135 | |
| 4×4 | 36.53 | 43.87 | top 8.3% | 18 / 132 | |
| 2×2 | 2.71 | 4.72 | top 11.1% | 36 / 312 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.05 | 21.66 | top 12.8% | 22 / 137 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.95 | 8.67 | top 12.9% | 28 / 229 | |
| 5×5 | 1:22.29 | 1:25.01 | top 21.1% | 25 / 77 | |
| Megaminx | 1:21.54 | 1:23.96 | top 22.9% | 28 / 85 | |
| Square-1 | 36.68 | 46.04 | top 60.9% | 32 / 55 |
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
- 24 Mar 2018First sub-10 3×3: 9.55 at Bekubes Open 2018.
- 24 Mar 2018Six personal bests in one day at Bekubes Open 2018.
- 9 Sep 2017First competition: Bekubes Costa Rica 2017. A 10.83 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Bekubes Paseo San Luis 2022 · 28 May 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Bekubes Gold 2019 · 13 Apr 2019
- Bekubes Open 2018 · 24 Mar 2018 — 6 personal bests set
- Bekubes Costa Rica 2017 · 9 Sep 2017 — 2 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.
- Andrés Irías Li — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
- Dagne Poveda — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
- Sebastián Herrera Pomares — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.60 away.
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,709 people have one; it is 0.22 away.
Targets move as he improves.